Chapter Summaries

Zhang Rongfang discovered that the Blood God and the Wish Woman had made him their vessels of reliance, and considered whether their influence could help him gain specific Trait Talents. After Chen Zhaorong brought him a coded plea for help from Ding Yu, Zhang Rongfang set out alone to rescue him from a Five Cauldrons Sect plantation near Pingwu Mountain.

• Zhang Rongfang perceived the Blood God's face within his first Blood Lotus and the Wish Woman's clock within his second, realizing both Remnant Gods had treated him as their final insurance.
• Zhang Rongfang read Intuition Warning's prompt and considered using the Gods and Buddhas' influence to acquire Trait Talents deliberately.
• A patrol supervisor passed an encrypted letter to Chen Zhaorong, who recognized its paper as associated with the Five Cauldrons Sect and brought it to Zhang Rongfang.
• Zhang Rongfang decoded Ding Yu's plea, which identified a Five Cauldrons Sect plantation and described the place where he was being held.
• Chen Zhaorong identified the likely location as the northern side of Pingwu Mountain, and Zhang Rongfang decided to go alone while she arranged support.

Ding Yu escaped through a hidden passage but emerged in a cave guarded by a giant python and a Five Cauldrons Sect woman, who moved to seize him. Meanwhile, Zhang Rongfang followed the scent of Blood Flesh Completion to the sect’s entrance, smashed through its stone gate, and charged inside as Sect Leader Xu Mengyan ordered the Toad Hall to handle the intruders.

• Ding Yu used his restored strength to climb through a concealed passage, only to find himself trapped beside a White Giant Python and a woman who intended to take him to the Sect Leader.
• The woman dismissed Ding Yu’s threat that the Great Dao Sect would retaliate and approached him with a bottle of diluted Heavenly River Water.
• Zhang Rongfang arrived at the Five Cauldrons Sect with Chen Zhaorong and Uncle Tan, then detected the scent of Blood Flesh Completion and followed it through the woods.
• Zhang Rongfang smashed through the sect’s Dragon Gate Stone, killed two guards, and told Chen Zhaorong and Uncle Tan to wait outside.
• Xu Mengyan learned that the Dragon Gate Stone had been breached and ordered a masked subordinate to send the Toad Hall after the intruders.

Zhang Rongfang fought through the Five Cauldrons Sect’s defenses to reach the captured Ding Yu, defeating Toad Hall and killing its Hall Master. Ding Yu woke to find a masked woman had rescued him but given him World Yang Liquid instead of Heavenly River Water.

• Zhang Rongfang smashed through the Five Cauldrons Sect’s stone defenses and killed the poison-wielding disciples who tried to stop him.
• Zhang Rongfang entered a Stone Hall and demanded that Toad Matriarch release one of his people.
• Toad Matriarch attacked Zhang Rongfang with poison and her Hidden God Dart, but he turned her weapon against her and killed her.
• Zhang Rongfang defeated the remaining Toad Hall members and continued onward after wiping out the group.
• Ding Yu woke beside a masked woman, who told him she had stopped the Snake Woman from giving him Heavenly River Water but had instead administered World Yang Liquid.

Xu Mengyan ordered her subordinates to kill Zhang Rongfang, who had come to rescue Ding Yu, while she continued experimenting on him. Zhang Rongfang reached the stone chamber and fought Xu Mengyan, who transformed into her Grand Yin Blazing Body as their battle continued.

• A disciple reported that Toad Hall had been wiped out by Zhang Rongfang, and Ding Yu realized that his rescuer had arrived.
• Xu Mengyan refused to use Ding Yu as a hostage and sent Lan Siyi, Snake Woman, Centipede Grandfather, and Spider Elder to kill Zhang Rongfang.
• Zhang Rongfang entered the chamber after defeating the others and immediately collided with Xu Mengyan, knocking her into the wall.
• Xu Mengyan unleashed poison and used the Ten Thousand Devouring Heart Sutra, but Zhang Rongfang healed his poisoned arm and struck her down again.
• Xu Mengyan transformed into her Grand Yin Blazing Body and attacked Zhang Rongfang, whose palm burned when he blocked her strike.

Zhang Rongfang defeated Xu Mengyan in Blood Lotus State, escaped the collapsing underground palace with Ding Yu, and absorbed a test tube labeled with Su Zhen’s name. Xu Mengyan regenerated, rejected the Spirit Thread in her body, and set out to grow stronger before challenging Zhang Rongfang again.

• Xu Mengyan struck Zhang Rongfang with her Breaking Limit Skill and engulfed him in Five Colors Rosy Light poison mist, but he healed within seconds.
• Zhang Rongfang entered Blood Lotus State and crushed Xu Mengyan’s body, then found and absorbed the test tube labeled “Chonglin Village, Su Zhen.”
• Ding Yu warned Zhang Rongfang that the Stone Hall was collapsing, and Zhang Rongfang carried him toward the surface.
• Xu Mengyan regenerated from her crushed body and escaped through a Secret Passage as the underground palace began to collapse.
• Xu Mengyan attacked Snake Woman for suggesting underhanded tactics, vowed to defeat Zhang Rongfang openly, and tore the Silver Thread from between her brows.
• Xu Mengyan led the remaining Five Cauldrons Sect Disciples away as the underground space collapsed.

Saint Heaven One and Yan Shun Wang’s forces were ambushed on the road to Great Capital, where the Moon Empress warned that Yue Dewen had become far stronger and claimed she could kill Saint Heaven One in ten moves. In Dan Province, Zhang Rongfang struggled to find a way to save Ding Yu from a deadly poison and discovered that his own body had developed an abnormal desire to bleed.

• Saint Heaven One and Yan Shun Wang halted their cavalry when black-armored infantry attacked them on the road to Great Capital.
• A purple-armored fighter confronted Yan Shun Wang, while Mo Gu Du Ya led White Cavalry in an assault on the Black Cavalry.
• The Moon Empress appeared in Yan Shun Wang’s pavilion, warned that Yue Dewen had grown far stronger, and said she could kill Saint Heaven One in ten moves.
• Zhang Rongfang learned that Ding Yu’s World Yang Liquid poison had no known antidote and promised to find a way to save him.
• Zhang Rongfang considered using his Attribute Points to solve Ding Yu’s problem, then noticed that his own blood seemed to be trying to escape his veins.

Zhang Rongfang discovered he could release and control his own blood, then used it to cure Ding Yu of the World Yang Liquid by destroying the parasites in his body. Ding Yu recovered with greatly increased strength and speed, leaving Zhang Rongfang to assess the effects of his strange blood-giving ability.

• Zhang Rongfang tested his new ability by drawing blood into a bottle and sensing a connection to it, then returned the blood to his body.
• Zhang Rongfang drank some of Ding Yu's blood and found that his own blood destroyed the parasites caused by the World Yang Liquid.
• Zhang Rongfang injected his blood into Ding Yu, where it multiplied, consumed the parasites, and healed Ding Yu's sores.
• Ding Yu woke two hours later free of pain and itching, with increased strength and a strange attachment to Zhang Rongfang.
• Zhang Rongfang tested Ding Yu at a training ground, where Ding Yu moved so quickly that he tripped and injured himself, then healed rapidly.

Zhang Rongfang found the Five Cauldrons Sect’s hidden botanical garden and collected the missing Treasure Medicine, while encountering an uncanny dragon-headed relief. Elsewhere in Dan Province, Zhang Qingzhi cared for pregnant Lin Qianhe and received help from Xin'er, whose affection for him showed in the effort she made to bring medicine and pastries.

• Zhang Rongfang entered the poisonous valley, found the Five Cauldrons Sect’s garden, and noticed a Dragon Head Man relief that remained visible even after he smashed the cliff face.
• Zhang Rongfang harvested Three Sects Bewitching Incense, Mi Rhinoceros Horn, and Blood Coagulation Grass, then left as the relief faded away.
• Zhang Qingzhi gave medicine to ill Lin Qianhe and promised to raise her unborn twins with her, despite learning she did not know who had fathered them.
• Xin'er brought Zhang Qingzhi medicinal ingredients she had searched for across Yuan Mountain City and gave him homemade Red Bean Cakes for him and Lin Qianhe.

Zhang Rongfang visited Zhang Qingzhi and asked him to recount how Master Yue had sent him away from the Great Capital. Zhang Qingzhi described Yue Dewen facing a gathering of Sensing Gate leaders at Sun Holding Peak, then revealed that Yue Dewen had appeared alive three days after his reported death.

• Zhang Rongfang found Zhang Qingzhi with Xin'er, offered help, and asked about Master Yue; Xin'er left them to talk.
• Zhang Qingzhi recalled that Master Yue had abruptly ordered him to leave Heavenly Treasure Palace with only basic gold and silver.
• At Sun Holding Peak, Yue Dewen faced sect leaders who demanded that he prove he was the Moon King, while the Four Seasons Envoys warned he would die if he was not.
• Moon Empress arrived to preside over Yue Dewen's trial, and Yue Dewen recognized that she had survived.
• Zhang Qingzhi said Master Yue had caught up with him on the third day after news of Yue Dewen's death spread, appearing alive and fatter.

Zhang Rongfang heard Zhang Qingzhi’s account of Yue Dewen’s concern for him and learned that Yue had planned to pass him the Great Dao Sect Grand Master position. Meanwhile, Yue declared himself Moon God’s Spirit General and was swallowed when the Sensing Gate summoned Moon God, while Zhang Rongfang returned to Qingchuan and completed a medicine pellet.

• Zhang Qingzhi told Zhang Rongfang that Yue Dewen had ordered him to hide in Dan Province, described Yue’s kindness toward Zhang Rongfang, and said Yue planned to make him Great Dao Sect Grand Master.
• Moon Empress and the Sensing Gate assessed Yue Dewen’s civilian skill, martial arts, and sincerity, and Yue claimed he had always worshipped Moon God and had once been the Moon King.
• Moon Empress led the Sensing Gate in inviting Moon God, whose enormous silver face lunged forward and swallowed Yue Dewen.
• On January 4, the chapter reported that Yue Dewen had taken the title of Moon King, while Yan Shun Wang’s army withdrew after Black Ten Pope Saint Heaven One and the Thousand Sect Alliance repelled it.
• Zhang Rongfang returned to Qingchuan with the Main Herb and refined a medicine pellet that was white outside and black within.

Zhang Rongfang failed to advance the Golden Toad Skill at first, then realized his powerful regeneration required a far larger medicinal dose and successfully reached Sky Devouring. In Great Capital, Yue Dewen confirmed he had become the Moon King and proposed merging the Great Dao Sect’s branches, while Jin Yuyan challenged his decision to surrender hard-won territory to the Ling Ting Imperial Clan.

• Zhang Rongfang took the Golden Toad Skill medicines, but the first attempt left the skill at Sun Chasing, Third Layer, Perfected.
• Zhang Rongfang suspected his exceptional constitution required a higher dose, repeated the process with five times the medicine, and reached Sky Devouring, First Layer, Beginner.
• Zhang Rongfang used his remaining Attribute Points to absorb the cultivation memories for the new stage.
• Yue Dewen told Jin Yuyan he had become the Moon King and proposed merging Jade Void Palace and Heavenly Treasure Palace under his leadership.
• Jin Yuyan offered Yue Dewen Guanglian Sanidia’s head and challenged him over handing territory won by Jade Void Palace to the Ling Ting Imperial Clan.

Yue Dewen revealed his plan to cooperate with the Imperial Clan and replace the Spirit Flight Teaching, then discovered Zhang Rongfang had failed to keep the Health Token. In Qingchuan Prefecture, Zhang Rongfang received a letter from the Heavenly Maiden inviting him to meet at the Resting Star Pavilion.

• Yue Dewen tried to recruit Jin Yuyan into his plan, but she refused and escaped after their clash left her bleeding.
• Yue Dewen learned the Health Token still could not be sensed, scolded Ran Xin Yue, and ordered Ming Yuan to accompany him to Qingchuan Prefecture.
• Zhang Rongfang sparred with Ding Yu and noticed that Ding Yu instinctively weakened his attacks when they were about to hit him.
• Zhang Rongfang worried that Master Yue had come to take him for Worship God, but he met Wu Daorong instead.
• Wu Daorong gave Zhang Rongfang a sealed letter, which invited him to the third floor of Resting Star Pavilion at ten that night.

Zhang Rongfang met Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang at Star Perch Tower, where she invited him to join the Reverse Time Society. He refused to join but promised to help her when needed, while she explained how much the Society valued him and the sacrifices made for its Great Wish.

• Zhang Rongfang arrived at Star Perch Tower and was escorted to the sixth floor to meet Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang.
• Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang said the Reverse Time Society had asked her to invite Zhang Rongfang to join, and he agreed only to help her personally when necessary.
• Heavenly Maiden admitted she had forgotten much of their past and had feared Zhang Rongfang would report her to the authorities, but he promised no one would make him do so.
• Heavenly Maiden questioned whether Zhang Rongfang accepted Great Ling’s unequal order, and he said the strong made the rules and that he cared most about those around him.
• Heavenly Maiden warned that the wider world’s conflicts would endanger the people he cared about, while Zhang Rongfang said he would deal with those who caused problems.
• Heavenly Maiden told Zhang Rongfang the Reverse Time Society would fulfill any condition he named if he joined, and that its members had sacrificed greatly for their Great Wish.

Zhang Rongfang declined Tong Zhang’s invitation to join the Rebel Alliance, then met Yue Dewen, who demanded that he return to the Great Capital and abandon Martial Arts. The chapter ended when Yue Dewen discovered that Zhang Rongfang had reached Refining Spirit.

• Tong Zhang refused Zhang Rongfang’s invitation to join his side, saying she still had something else to do and warning him about the Rebel Alliance’s strength.
• Yue Dewen arrived in Qingchuan Prefecture with Ming Yuan and headed to find Zhang Rongfang, intending to take him back to cultivate Civilian Skill.
• After leaving Star Perch Tower, Zhang Rongfang encountered Yue Dewen, who confronted him about his missing Token and his meeting with Tong Zhang.
• Yue Dewen retrieved Zhang Rongfang’s Token from a hidden compartment and ordered him to return to the Great Capital to focus on Civilian Skill cultivation.
• When Zhang Rongfang hesitated, Yue Dewen tried to cripple his Martial Arts, but stopped after sensing that Zhang Rongfang had reached Refining Spirit.

Zhang Rongfang revealed to Yue Dewen that he had reached Refining Spirit Perfection, and his master agreed to let him continue cultivating before Worshiping God. Yue Dewen took back Zhang Rongfang’s Token, offered him protection, and began drawing him into the secret political struggle surrounding the Five Kings.

• Yue Dewen confirmed that Zhang Rongfang possessed Refining Spirit traits and had reached Refining Spirit Perfection despite his youth.
• Zhang Rongfang persuaded Yue Dewen to let him pursue further progress before Worshiping God, and Yue Dewen enthusiastically agreed.
• Zhang Rongfang asked about Remnant Gods and Doubtful Cloud Mist, and Yue Dewen explained that gods could be weakened by repeated killing and that only gods could contend with gods.
• Yue Dewen took back Zhang Rongfang’s Token and offered to arrange secret protection while warning him to avoid the Five Kings’ struggle.
• Yue Dewen revealed that major sects backed the Five Kings and hinted that his own group supported a rival claimant.

After Yue Dewen left Ran Xin Yue to guard him, Zhang Rongfang focused on preparing to face Gods and Buddhas and sought a way to counter Doubtful Cloud Mist. He traveled with Ran Xin Yue to meet an Extreme Realm expert, only to find a seemingly deranged man who believed his absent wife was sleeping in an empty house.

• Yue Dewen taught Zhang Rongfang about Return to Emptiness and the dangers of entering shrines, then left Ran Xin Yue as Zhang Rongfang's personal bodyguard.
• Zhang Rongfang questioned Ran Xin Yue about Doubtful Cloud Mist and decided to gather knowledge of Gods, Buddhas, and Spirit Generals while strengthening his martial arts.
• In February 1189, four Ling People noble houses captured Yan Shun Wang, while uprisings spread across Great Ling and Zhang Rongfang quietly recuperated in Qingchuan Prefecture.
• Zhang Rongfang tried to use the Heavenly Maiden to contact the Reverse Time Society, but he could not gain access or obtain a method to counter Doubtful Cloud Mist.
• Ran Xin Yue led Zhang Rongfang to Linghua Mountain to meet an Extreme Realm expert, who sat near an abandoned stone house and insisted that his sleeping wife was inside.
• Zhang Rongfang asked the expert to teach him how to resolve Doubtful Cloud Mist and offered to meet his conditions.

Zhang Rongfang sought guidance from Di Jiang about the Doubtful Cloud Mist, but Di Jiang’s shifting, delusional state made conversation impossible. After Di Jiang struck him with an attack he could barely perceive, Zhang Rongfang learned his identity and decided to fight him in hopes of wearing down his dangerous state.

• Zhang Rongfang waited for Di Jiang to answer, then explained that he wanted strength to win and protect what mattered to him.
• Di Jiang briefly agreed to test Zhang Rongfang, but shifted into a delusion about his wife and went into the stone house to lay out dried flowers.
• After Zhang Rongfang called to him, Di Jiang attacked so quickly that Zhang Rongfang could not see the strike and was injured.
• Di Jiang repeatedly alternated between searching for his wife, threatening Zhang Rongfang, and attempting to discuss the Doubtful Cloud Mist.
• Ran Xin Yue told Zhang Rongfang that Di Jiang was third on the Crimson List and suggested that fighting him might wear down his dangerous state.
• Zhang Rongfang agreed to try fighting Di Jiang, and Ran Xin Yue warned him to protect his head.

Zhang Rongfang unleashed his strongest martial arts against Di Jiang, but Di Jiang effortlessly evaded and wounded him. After Zhang Rongfang recovered and entered a larger, Blood Lotus-covered form, Di Jiang cut him down with a hidden blade and returned to his stone house.

• Zhang Rongfang activated his stacked Limit States and attacked Di Jiang with the Eagle Claw Skill and Flame Emperor Talisman, but Di Jiang dodged every strike without looking at him.
• Di Jiang used As Shadow Divine Illusion Palm to inflict more than ninety wounds on Zhang Rongfang, who healed them instantly and expanded into a four-meter form.
• Di Jiang dismissed Zhang Rongfang’s transformation and prepared to strike again as Zhang Rongfang smashed the ground to use flying stones against him.
• Di Jiang’s snow-white blade pierced Zhang Rongfang’s arm and chest, leaving him unable to move as his bones broke and his body shrank.
• Zhang Rongfang thanked Di Jiang for his guidance, and Di Jiang returned to the stone house and closed the door.

After Di Jiang defeated him decisively, Zhang Rongfang recovered and resolved to strengthen his Martial Arts. By training the Illusory Image Talisman Method through his Attribute Panel, he discovered that he could choose which areas of his body to enhance.

• Ran Xin Yue helped the gravely wounded Zhang Rongfang, whose injuries rapidly healed without medicine.
• Zhang Rongfang left the mountain with Ran Xin Yue and learned that Di Jiang had been an Extreme Realm Great Grandmaster for more than thirty years.
• At Aloeswood Manor, Zhang Rongfang reviewed the fight and concluded that Di Jiang had overcome his defenses and evaded his attacks through superior Martial Arts.
• Zhang Rongfang used Attribute Points to advance the Illusory Image Talisman Method and discovered its new enhancement-area selection feature.
• Zhang Rongfang chose Physical Balance and received memories of nine years of training, raising his Physical Balance enhancement to twelve.

Zhang Rongfang repeatedly sought out Di Jiang to test his Great Dao Sect martial arts against the expert’s Demonic Blade, Love Fate. After ten days of training, Zhang Rongfang finally blocked one of Di Jiang’s attacks, revealing how quickly his martial skill had advanced.

• Zhang Rongfang returned to Linghua Mountain the morning after their first fight and asked Di Jiang to test his martial arts again.
• Di Jiang introduced Love Fate, ranked fifth on the World Divine Weapon Ranking, then pierced Zhang Rongfang through the chest despite his Blood Lotus State.
• Di Jiang later wondered why Zhang Rongfang’s body had felt harder than before, but dismissed the thought and went to buy vegetables.
• Ten days later, Zhang Rongfang returned with the Illusory Image Talisman Method at Internal Method Fifth Realm and his balanced physical enhancement at Grade 14.
• Zhang Rongfang sensed Di Jiang’s attack and blocked it with a punch, forcing Di Jiang to alter his strike.
• Di Jiang realized Zhang Rongfang’s rapid progress explained why the Society Master had instructed the society to recruit him.