Chapter Summaries

After surviving the attack on the Li Family, Li Wansha gave Zhang Rongfang the family’s Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training manual, and Li Guanyue helped him master its early stages. Zhang Rongfang spent his Attribute Points raising Life to one hundred and gained the Trait Talent Super Vision - Dark Light Vision.

• Zhang Rongfang apologized to Li Wansha for failing to save her siblings, and she gave him the original Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training manual.
• Zhang Rongfang promised to investigate the ship attackers and the Hundred Changes organization, while Li Wansha and Li Guanyue pledged to follow his lead.
• After Li Guanyue recovered, he taught Zhang Rongfang the family’s Hard Skill, and Zhang Rongfang reached its fifth layer without spending Attribute Points.
• Zhang Rongfang received letters from Zhang Rongyu, Qing Su, and Ding Yu, then burned them to protect their identities.
• Zhang Rongfang spent all twenty-two Attribute Points raising Life from seventy-eight to one hundred, experienced temporary blindness, and discovered his new Super Vision - Dark Light Vision talent.

Zhang Rongfang obtained the location of the Mystic Sun Flesh Fungus and set out for Sky Peak Cave, while Chen Han abducted Zhou Dongjun to steal the Jade Shop Association’s Secret Scroll. The chapter leaves Zhang Rongfang searching for the herb and Zhou Dongjun in Chen Han’s hands.

• Zhang Rongfang learned from Isibass that an ancient document located the Mystic Sun Flesh Fungus in Sky Peak Cave and agreed to let Saint Im Sect missionaries visit Citong in exchange for the location.
• Zhang Rongfang verified the document, entrusted Aloeswood Palace to Chen Han, and left with Zhang Yunqi for Sky Peak Cave.
• Chen Han disguised as himself persuaded Zhou Dongjun to hand over a Secret Scroll by promising him a connection to Zhang Rongfang and help from the port office.
• Chen Han drugged and struck Zhou Dongjun, then escaped with him by boat as the Jade Shop Association’s men raised the alarm and gave chase.
• Chen Han told the boatman that he intended to kill Zhou Dongjun himself.

A masked expert from the Thousand Stone Sect killed Isibass's men to seize Sky Peak Cave, while Zhang Rongfang and Nubaen rode toward the cave to find its Main Herb. They stopped for the night near Jiao Lin Mountain, where the chapter also introduced the Ding Family's journey to relocate to Bing Province.

• The Ghost Mask Man killed two guards at the Sky Peak Cave camp, then caught and killed Mengbadia as he tried to escape.
• The Ghost Mask Man decided to hide the bodies and silence the remaining witness so the Thousand Stone Sect could claim Sky Peak Cave's medicines.
• Zhang Rongfang and Nubaen rode to Jiao Lin Mountain and released signal flares to contact the men Isibass had left near the cave.
• After receiving no reply, Zhang Rongfang and Nubaen made camp and Nubaen explained how the crew had found Sky Peak Cave.
• Ding Luo escorted the Ding Family's carriages toward Bing Province as his father, Ding Junshan, relocated the family to pursue the fur-hat market.

Ding Luo intervened to save a herb gatherer, but the Ghost Mask Man behind the attack slaughtered the Ding Family Caravan. Ding Luo escaped into the forest with Mu Chunxiu, grieving his dead Master, father, mother, and younger sister.

• Ding Luo rushed to fight the Black Tiger as it attacked a bloodied herb gatherer, unaware that the Ghost Mask Man was approaching behind it.
• The Ghost Mask Man decided to kill the caravan’s travelers to keep his mission secret, while Zhang Rongfang and Nubaen heard the distant tiger roars at their camp.
• Daoist Changyun tried to protect Ding Luo and was killed after the Ghost Mask Man defeated both him and Ding Luo.
• The Ghost Mask Man killed the caravan’s guards and travelers, including Ding Luo’s father, mother, and younger sister, as Ding Luo cried out helplessly.
• Mu Chunxiu dragged Ding Luo away through the forest while he struggled to understand why saving the herb gatherer had led to his family’s deaths.

Zhang Rongfang left Nubaen to investigate after their signal flares drew no response, and he found Ding Luo and Mu Chunxiu being pursued by the Ghost Mask Man. He disabled the Ghost Mask Man and left all three unable to move as he prepared to question them.

• Zhang Rongfang and Nubaen heard distant shouts, but their signal flares received no reply, so Zhang Rongfang went to look for someone to question.
• The Ghost Mask Man cornered Ding Luo and Mu Chunxiu, who had fled after he attacked their group over the Treasure Medicine of Sky Peak Cave.
• Mu Chunxiu set off hidden Signal Flares to wound the Ghost Mask Man, then charged him again so Ding Luo could escape.
• Zhang Rongfang arrived and stopped the Ghost Mask Man from chasing Ding Luo, striking his pressure points and disrupting his strength.
• The Ghost Mask Man fell, and Zhang Rongfang tossed Ding Luo and Mu Chunxiu nearby, leaving all three unable to move.

Zhang Rongfang forced the Ghost Mask Man to lead him to Sky Peak Cave, where he found Mystic Sun Flesh Fungus and a Red Sound Flower that could extend a Spirit Vein's lifespan. Meanwhile, an intruder attacked Aloeswood Palace, where Chen Han struck down a masked man but sensed something was wrong.

• Zhang Rongfang used Dark Light Vision to defeat the Ghost Mask Man, Ding Luo, and Mu Chunxiu, then forced the Ghost Mask Man to reveal what he knew about Sky Peak Cave.
• The Ghost Mask Man led Zhang Rongfang to the cave and explained that the Sensing Gate had once used it as a hidden Medicine Garden.
• Zhang Rongfang found Mystic Sun Flesh Fungus, Su Xin Grass, and Red Sound Flower, learning that the flower could extend a Spirit Vein's lifespan, then attacked the Ghost Mask Man.
• A masked Purple Scarf Man killed two Daoists and a pursuer beneath Aloeswood Palace before Chen Han chased him.
• Chen Han used Responding Heaven Seal and slashed the masked man across the chest, but the man's slack muscles and other details left Chen Han uneasy.

Zhang Rongfang found the Mystic Sun Flesh Fungus at Sky Peak Cave and decided to guard it while developing a new martial art. After killing the Ghost Mask Man, he took Ding Luo under his guidance and arranged support for the survivors, while trouble at Aloeswood Palace remained unresolved in Ci Tong Port.

• Zhang Rongfang concluded that the Mystic Sun Flesh Fungus had to be harvested in small portions and returned from Sky Peak Cave to Nubaen.
• Zhang Rongfang discovered that Ding Luo had Strong Perception talent and offered to train him; Ding Luo accepted, and Zhang Rongfang treated Mu Chunxiu's injuries.
• Nubaen explained that the three of them had killed the Ghost Mask Man's black tiger, and Ding Luo and Mu Chunxiu recounted how the Ghost Mask Man had destroyed Ding Luo's family and harmed their companions.
• Zhang Rongfang took the survivors to bury the dead, sent Nubaen to Ci Tong Port for help, and stayed behind to guard Sky Peak Cave and work on a new martial art.
• In Citong, Chen Han reported the Aloeswood Palace intruder's death to the yamen, and Prefect Niluofu promised to investigate while Chen Han continued guarding the palace.

Zhou Xueming learned that his son Zhou Dongjun had been killed and sent Tie Sha to confront Aloeswood Palace. At Sky Peak Cave, Zhang Rongfang met a Thousand Stone Sect elder who attacked him, only to have his arm numbed by Zhang Rongfang’s acupoint strike.

• Zhao Sunyi questioned Kersha about Zhou Dongjun’s death, and she explained that Chen Han had abducted and killed him after a dispute connected to Aloeswood Palace’s missing medicine shipment.
• Zhou Xueming ordered Tie Sha to investigate Aloeswood Palace and vowed to retaliate if it was responsible for his son’s death.
• While Ding Luo and Mu Chunxiu erected gravestones, Zhang Rongfang waited at Sky Peak Cave and heard a flute signal announcing an approaching visitor.
• A white-haired Thousand Stone Sect elder arrived looking for the Ghost Mask Man, and Zhang Rongfang refused to reveal where he was.
• The elder attacked Zhang Rongfang with his Crescent Moon Shovel, but Zhang dodged the blow and struck a point that numbed the elder’s right arm.

Zhang Rongfang defeated and tested a Spirit Vein expert at Sky Peak Cave before returning to await reinforcements. Meanwhile, Aloeswood Palace faced growing suspicion over the Jade Shop Association deaths, while a hidden Thousand Sect Alliance leader used the confusion to probe Zhang Ying and pursue control of the Jin Family Fleet.

• Zhang Rongfang dodged the old man's Crescent Moon Shovel attacks, studied his Spirit Veins, and incapacitated him with acupoint-sealing strikes before confirming that the method worked on Spirit Veins.
• Zhang Rongfang concealed the old man's body and weapon, then returned to Sky Peak Cave with a new idea for using acupoint-sealing techniques.
• Nubaen reported to Sun Chaoyue, who sent Daoists and supplies from Aloeswood Palace to Sky Peak Cave while Chen Han stayed behind to guard the palace.
• Chen Han learned that the dead man was the young master of the Jade Shop Association, suspected someone was stirring up trouble, and reported the matter to the higher Dao Palace.
• Rumors blamed Aloeswood Palace for the young master’s death and the disappearance of the Jade Shop Association Envoy, while an agent of the Thousand Sect Alliance revealed that his group had staged both incidents.
• The hidden young master told Han Jia to keep watching Aloeswood Palace and said his main effort remained bringing the Jin Family Fleet under the Thousand Sect Alliance’s control.

Zhang Rongfang finished refining medicine for the Sun Chasing stage of the Golden Toad Skill and discussed the Jade Shop Association incident with Sun Chaoyue. In Great Capital, Yue Dewen learned that Zhang Rongfang was neglecting Civilian Skill, then spoke with an armored man about political tensions and the Great Dao Sect’s uncertain standing.

• Zhang Rongfang completed the medicinal paste, made it into pills, and stored them for later use.
• Sun Chaoyue told Zhang Rongfang that someone might be provoking conflict between Aloeswood Palace and the Jade Shop Association, and he advised her to watch how events unfolded.
• Zhang Rongfang noticed silver threads within his Daozi Token and decided to keep prioritizing the Golden Toad Skill and his hard-skill training.
• Yue Dewen angrily learned that Zhang Rongfang had made no progress in Civilian Skill because he had been cultivating hard skills and External Skill.
• Yue Dewen and the armored man discussed Master Yuan’s moves, missing Western Sect disciples, and the Emperor’s distrust of Heavenly Treasure Palace and the Great Dao Sect.

Zhang Rongfang advanced the Golden Toad Skill to the Sun Chasing stage, sacrificing Life Attribute points and temporarily losing his Dark Light Vision talent. When the Thousand Stone Sect confronted Aloeswood Palace over the missing Black Tiger Daoist, Zhang Rongfang arrived and killed Tang Shihong with a single attack, leaving the other two attackers striking at empty air.

• Zhang Rongfang used a medicine pill and three Attribute Points to advance the Golden Toad Skill to Sun Chasing, while his Life Attribute fell to ninety-six and Dark Light Vision faded.
• Zhang Rongfang stayed in Sky Peak Cave to restore his attributes, and after three days he gained another point and heard Aloeswood Palace's warning flare.
• Zhang Rongfang found Sun Chaoyue and the Great Dao Sect Daoists facing three Thousand Stone Sect experts seeking the Black Tiger Daoist.
• Tang Shihong threatened Sun Chaoyue and attacked Zhang Rongfang as soon as he appeared.
• Zhang Rongfang killed Tang Shihong by driving her head into the ground, then evaded the Crescent Moon Shovel wielder and the third expert as they attacked together.

Zhang Rongfang killed three Thousand Stone Sect Spirit Guards and Spirit Veins but realized he still needed a way to finish such enemies permanently. While he cultivated in Sky Peak Cave, a plot against Aloeswood Palace escalated in Citong, where Shangguan Lian Yue arrived to confront the merchants gathered outside.

• Zhang Rongfang used Ground Shrinking to kill Tang Shihong, Zheng Jun, and Zhao Zhongyi, then threw their bodies into a gorge, where they revived and decided to report him to their Protector.
• Over the next month, Zhang Rongfang gained twelve Attribute Points, restored his Vitality, reactivated Dark Light Vision, advanced Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training to Sixth Grade, and named his new acupoint-striking art Soul Scattering Finger.
• Merchants and boat owners gathered outside Aloeswood Palace, accusing its Daoists of hijacking medicine cargo ships, while Chen Han ordered the palace to stay on the mountain and wait for Daozi to return.
• A man and woman at a tea stall discussed how their group had used Aloeswood Palace robes and Complete Truth Powder to implicate the palace and force it to investigate.
• Shangguan Lian Yue arrived with elite soldiers and threatened the gathered crowd, prompting the man at the tea stall to identify him as a Spirit Noble and leave to watch what would happen.

At Sky Peak Cave, Zhang Rongfang met Yan Shenjun, the Thousand Stone Sect’s Left Protector, and tested his strength in a fierce clash. After both men entered their Limit States, Zhang realized his Hard Skill fell short of Yan Shenjun’s, and prepared to end the fight.

• Zhang Rongfang left Sky Peak Cave and confronted an old man who glided down from a nearby peak.
• Zhang Rongfang and Yan Shenjun exchanged powerful blows, and Zhang was surprised by the old man’s strength.
• Yan Shenjun introduced himself as the Thousand Stone Sect’s Left Protector and explained that fighters of their level often tested one another before choosing whether to negotiate.
• Yan Shenjun entered the Thousand Stone Sect’s Stone Rain Limit State, and Zhang Rongfang activated his Critical State.
• Zhang Rongfang and Yan Shenjun clashed again, and Zhang recognized that Yan Shenjun’s Hard Skill was superior before declaring that the fight would end there.

Zhang Rongfang fought Yan Shenjun to a standstill while guarding Sky Peak Cave, and Yan Shenjun withdrew after recognizing signs of the Golden Toad Skill at Sun Chasing. Yan Shenjun concluded Zhang Rongfang might be the Moon King's heir and decided to verify his suspicion before bringing the matter to the Sect Master.

• Yan Shenjun attacked Zhang Rongfang, but Zhang Rongfang broke through his technique and struck his chest with the Soul Scattering Finger.
• Zhang Rongfang and Yan Shenjun exchanged more than a dozen blows before Yan Shenjun retreated from the valley.
• Zhang Rongfang returned to Sky Peak Cave, intending to protect the site and use its herbs to advance his Golden Toad Skill.
• Yan Shenjun told Zhao Zhongyi and the other subordinates to leave Sky Peak Cave to him and warned them not to provoke Zhang Rongfang.
• Yan Shenjun recognized Zhang Rongfang's Golden Toad Skill as having reached Sun Chasing and suspected he was the Moon King's heir.
• Yan Shenjun decided to confirm Zhang Rongfang's identity and leave the choice of protecting him or pledging allegiance to the Sect Master.

Zhang Rongfang learned that Zhen Ding Wang’s rebellion had plunged Great Ling into war and used three Attribute Points to push his Hard Skill further, reaching the human genetic limit. He began searching for a path beyond that limit, while Yan Shenjun reported his discovery of Sky Peak Cave to the Thousand Stone Sect’s Sect Master and claimed the credit for finding it.

• Sun Chaoyue told Zhang Rongfang that Zhen Ding Wang had rebelled, and Zhang Rongfang reflected on the danger facing ordinary people and the Rebel Sect’s secret method for killing Spirit Guards and Spirit Veins.
• Zhang Rongfang spent three Attribute Points on Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training, strengthening his skin and flesh and reinforcing his heart.
• The Attribute Panel declared that Zhang Rongfang’s strength, agility, and endurance had reached the human genetic limit, prompting him to test his abilities and consider how to progress further.
• Zhang Rongfang rejected the idea of relying on Worship God and decided to wait for new innate traits that might let him develop new peak Martial Arts.
• Yan Shenjun met with the Thousand Stone Sect’s Sect Master and falsely claimed that he had discovered Sky Peak Cave and its Treasure Medicine first.

The Thousand Stone Sect investigated whether Zhang Rongfang had mastered Golden Toad Skill, while Shangguan Lian Yue violently blocked the Jade Shop Association from confronting Aloeswood Palace. At Sky Peak Cave, Yan Shenjun approached Zhang Rongfang and asked him to summon the mysterious expert who had fought him before.

• The Thousand Stone Sect Master ordered Yan Shenjun to verify Zhang Rongfang’s Golden Toad Skill before deciding whether to protect him or notify the other Thirteen Sects.
• After more ships were plundered near Ci Tong Port, Zhao Sunyi led four Jade Shop Association experts to Aloeswood Palace, but Shangguan Lian Yue killed them and warned onlookers not to return.
• Zhang Rongfang taught Ding Luo Soul Scattering Finger and corrected his movements using Dark Light Vision, developing the Life Point Martial Path.
• Zhang Rongfang noticed movement in the forest and pursued it until he encountered Yan Shenjun, who asked him to call out the Three Voids Expert from Sky Peak Cave.

Zhang Rongfang encountered Zuo Han, a powerful Thousand Stone Sect martial artist who called him the Crown Prince and declared the sect’s support for the Second Generation Moon King. Concerned by the new threat, Zhang Rongfang left Sky Peak Cave with his companions for Citong, where Zhang Yunqi was weighing growing tensions around Aloeswood Palace.

• Yan Shenjun asked Zhang Rongfang to pass along a request for the man who had fought him to meet him the next afternoon, then left without recognizing Zhang Rongfang.
• Zuo Han attacked Zhang Rongfang, recognized his Golden Toad Skill, and identified him as the Crown Prince before leaving a stone Token in a tree.
• Zhang Rongfang concluded that Zuo Han was likely a Grandmaster Spirit Vein and decided to return to Citong for protection.
• Zhang Rongfang gathered the medicinal herbs he could take from Sky Peak Cave, left the Mystic Sun Flesh Fungus and Red Sound Flower behind, and departed with Ding Luo, Sun Chaoyue, and the others.
• At Huang Jing Mountain, Zhang Yunqi warned Zhang Zhenhai that Shangguan Lian Yue’s presence had worsened tensions and explained that Zhou Xueming was a Three Voids Spirit Vein linked to the Jade Sea Dragon God Sect.
• Zhang Yunqi heard a clear, rhythmic birdcall and looked toward the distant sky.

Zhang Yunqi and Zhang Zhenhai discovered that someone had used Sun Chi’s whistle and a disguise to lure them into an ambush, while Zhu Wanguo’s men captured and interrogated the real Sun Chi and Wang Heiniu. Zhang Rongfang returned to Aloeswood Palace and immediately exposed another disguised infiltrator, leaving the extent of the palace’s infiltration unclear.

• Zhang Yunqi killed the attacker who ambushed Zhang Zhenhai, then shot the yellow-clad decoy as he tried to flee; Zhang Zhenhai discovered he wore a Leather Mask impersonating Sun Chi.
• Zhu Wanguo questioned the captured Sun Chi and Wang Heiniu, but Sun Chi killed Wang Heiniu and then poisoned himself before revealing what they had been watching.
• Qin Xianghong warned Zhu Wanguo not to create unnecessary complications as he prepared to deal with Zhou Xueming and consolidate his plans.
• Zhang Rongfang returned to Aloeswood Palace with Sun Chaoyue, Ding Luo, and Mu Chunxiu, where Chen Han welcomed him and reported recent troubles.
• Zhang Rongfang seized a supposed greeter, cut through his false face, and ordered Chen Han’s men to take the poisoned infiltrator away and search him.

Zhang Rongfang investigated a clue linking the attacks on Aloeswood Palace to the Jade Shop Association and ordered its ships blockaded while he searched for a rare herb. He secretly met Zhang Yunqi, who revealed that someone was moving against Ci Tong’s ocean-going factions to consolidate them.

• Zhu Wanguo learned that Zhang Ying had exposed and captured a Hundred Changes member, but predicted Zhang Ying would investigate the Jade Shop Association and dismissed the threat.
• Chen Han showed Zhang Rongfang a token hidden beneath an attacker’s skin; records tied it to the disbanded Sea Star Association, which the Jade Shop Association had forced to dissolve.
• Zhang Rongfang ordered the Prefect to seal off every Jade Shop Association vessel until the investigation was complete and assigned Shangguan Lian Yue to guard Aloeswood Palace.
• Zhang Rongfang focused on finding Yu Xiang Coral for the next level of the Golden Toad Skill while rumors about the Jade Shop Association and Hundred Merchants Association spread through Ci Tong Port.
• Zhang Rongfang secretly met Zhang Yunqi in Huang Jing Mountain, and Zhang Yunqi reported that someone appeared to be consolidating Ci Tong’s ocean-going factions.

Zhang Rongfang tested the Thousand Stone Sect’s promise of support, then joined Zhang Yunqi on a covert mission to investigate the Jade Shop Association. As their ship approached Kuaiyi Island, Zhang Rongfang prepared disguises for their infiltration.

• Zhang Rongfang and Zhang Yunqi agreed to investigate the Jade Shop Association after discussing the killings and the suspicions surrounding the associations.
• Zhang Rongfang struck Zuo Han’s Token at a deserted beach, summoning Chen Zhao, who confirmed that Zuo Han was the Thousand Stone Sect’s Sect Master and promised aid.
• Zhu Wanguo’s group finished attacking the Chain Gang and withdrew, expecting the Jade Shop Association to attack Aloeswood Palace and hoping to use the conflict against Zhang Ying.
• Zhang Rongfang and Zhang Yunqi sailed toward Kuaiyi Island with Rebel Sect sailors, planning to investigate the Jade Shop Association’s temporary headquarters.
• Zhang Rongfang gave Zhang Yunqi lifelike masks and explained that they would conceal their identities while they captured and questioned disguised suspects.