Chapter Summaries

Di Jiang showed Zhang Rongfang how a Demon Weapon could counter the Doubtful Cloud Mist, then led him to a Remnant Spirit General named Chen Qi. Di Jiang’s mind wandered away mid-lesson, and Zhang Rongfang’s strongest attack failed to harm Chen Qi, leaving him to seek another way to fight Spirit Generals.

• Di Jiang brought Zhang Rongfang into a ruined temple and explained that a Demon Weapon could be made by concentrating spiritual will into a weapon and refining it through the deaths of Worship God martial artists.
• Di Jiang led Zhang Rongfang through the mist to Chen Qi, a Remnant Spirit General whose presence produced the Doubtful Cloud Mist.
• Di Jiang invited Zhang Rongfang to attack Chen Qi, but then wandered away while calling for Jun Er and returned with his manner changed.
• Zhang Rongfang struck Chen Qi with his full strength, but Chen Qi barely dented and Zhang Rongfang’s arm snapped.
• Di Jiang explained that Spirit Generals could withstand great force, so defeating them required speed, movement techniques, and a Demon Weapon.

Zhang Rongfang learned that even his immense strength could not harm a Spirit General without a Demonic Weapon, while a leaked Bamboo Slip threatened to expose the Three Great Secret Caches and the Rebel Sect. As powerful factions reacted to the revelations, Zhang Rongfang pledged that he would not abandon the people who had stood by him.

• Di Jiang showed Zhang Rongfang that a Demonic Weapon could pierce a Spirit General, then disappeared after returning with him to the ruined temple.
• Zhang Rongfang concluded that he needed to find or forge a Demonic Weapon, and Ran Xin Yue accompanied him back.
• Moon Empress and Yan Shun Wang received a letter revealing Mu Li's drastic plan and agreed that Moon Empress would take charge while Yan Shun Wang stayed hidden.
• Zhang Yunqi and Zhang Zhenhai told Zhang Rongfang that rumors identified him and others as Eastern Sect Human Seeds and tied the Three Great Secret Caches to a way to fight Worship God.
• Zhang Yunqi urged Zhang Rongfang to publicly reveal his identity and sever his connection to the Rebel Sect, but Zhang Rongfang refused to abandon them and promised they would win.

Xu Qingyou discovered a rumor linking the Eastern Sect’s Three Great Secret Caches to a method for killing Worship God and suspected someone was using the tale to target the last unidentified Human Seed. At Aloeswood Manor, Zhang Zongxin confronted Zhang Rongfang with the claim that he possessed the Eastern Sect’s true great secret, leaving him under growing political suspicion.

• Disguised as a beggar in Gu Province, Xu Qingyou received a bamboo slip describing the Three Great Secret Caches and recognized the Spirit Core patterns on it as genuine.
• Xu Qingyou realized the rumor might be intended to expose the unknown third Human Seed and considered using the situation to her advantage.
• Zhang Rongfang reflected that his businesses and influence depended on the Rebel Sect and concluded that losing it would undo years of work.
• Zhang Rongfang received Zhang Zongxin, an envoy from King Mu Li, who raised the rumor about the Eastern Sect treasure and the Three Human Seeds.
• Zhang Zongxin claimed that King Mu Li had evidence Zhang Rongfang possessed the method for swiftly killing Worship God, while warning that powerful groups were angered by Yue’s actions.

Zhang Rongfang learned that the Great Bright Teaching Alliance was pressuring him to report his meetings with Master Yue, then rushed to Phoenix Garden Thirteenth Pavilion after the Alliance captured his people. There he confronted Tang Hu and struck him with a powerful blow, leaving the outcome of their clash unresolved.

• Zhang Zongxin told Zhang Rongfang that the Great Bright Teaching Alliance wanted him to notify them when he met Master Yue, and Zhang Rongfang questioned what would happen if he refused.
• Zhang Zhenhai reported that the enemy had captured their people and demanded Zhang Rongfang come to Phoenix Garden Thirteenth Pavilion, while Ran Xin Yue said a Grandmaster had lured her away.
• Zhang Rongfang ordered Ran Xin Yue to guard the mansion and followed Zhang Zhenhai to a park, where Tang Hu introduced himself as the Teaching Alliance's East Proximity Vice Leader.
• Tang Hu sent Els to take Zhang Rongfang, and Zhang Zhenhai fought Els while Tang Hu approached Zhang Rongfang.
• Tang Hu taunted Zhang Rongfang and asked him for a kiss, so Zhang Rongfang struck him in the chest and sent him crashing through trees.

Zhang Rongfang defeated Tang Hu, then fought Ostandin Gold, the East Proximity Teaching leader, who overwhelmed him with a deadly technique. Shangguan Feihe arrived and drove Ostandin to retreat, leaving Zhang Rongfang's hand mysteriously healed.

• Zhang Rongfang used his Limit State and Heavy Mountain strikes to overpower Tang Hu, who survived and transformed with Final Form.
• Ostandin Gold introduced himself as leader of the East Proximity Teaching and attacked Zhang Rongfang with a technique that twisted the surrounding air.
• Zhang Rongfang activated Blood Lotus and fought back, but Ostandin pierced his hand and injured his bones with a short spike.
• Ostandin sensed someone approaching, grabbed Tang Hu, and fled into the woods.
• Shangguan Feihe arrived, and Zhang Rongfang identified Ostandin as the attacker and discovered his hand had completely healed.

After the Teaching Alliance attacked his people, Zhang Rongfang chose to fight Ostandin Gold rather than retreat, but Ostandin overwhelmed him with his speed and skill. Zhang Rongfang continued resisting as Ostandin entered the Limit State of the Four Qi Four Gods Skill.

• Zhang Rongfang found the drugged young masters, young ladies, and their guards in a pit, then ordered his people rescued and his operations moved closer to the Prefectural Office.
• Zhang Rongfang and Zhang Zhenhai saw an explosion near the Shangguan Family’s Fireworks Workshop, and Ostandin Gold appeared behind them.
• Ostandin killed several of Zhang Rongfang’s men and attacked him, so Zhang Zhenhai led the others away while Zhang Rongfang stayed to fight.
• Ostandin evaded Zhang Rongfang’s attacks and wounded him repeatedly, while Zhang Rongfang stole Ostandin’s money pouch and vowed to stall until Shangguan Feihe arrived.
• Zhang Rongfang unleashed the Flame Emperor Talisman, but Ostandin activated the Limit State of the Four Qi Four Gods Skill and struck through his defenses.

Zhang Rongfang fought Ostandin through repeated wounds until his attacks weakened Ostandin’s hands, then lured him to a mountain and summoned Di Jiang. Ostandin transformed into his Final Form but tried to retreat when Di Jiang arrived, and Di Jiang stopped him, saying he looked familiar.

• Zhang Rongfang repeatedly charged Ostandin despite suffering severe injuries, while his body healed and Ostandin’s hands became withered and unable to recover.
• Zhang Rongfang fled from the Phoenix Garden Woodland with Ostandin pursuing him, then stopped at a mountain summit beside a stone house.
• Ostandin decided to use his Final Form, transforming into the Qi God State as Zhang Rongfang called out that Senior Jun Er had arrived.
• Di Jiang appeared holding a hoe, and Zhang Rongfang claimed Jun Er had promised to help him because she believed in his potential.
• Ostandin praised Di Jiang’s appearance and attempted to retreat, but Di Jiang stopped him and said he looked familiar.

Di Jiang recognized Ostandin, killed him with a single technique, and questioned him about his unrecoverable hand. After Ostandin revived, Zhang Rongfang demonstrated that his blood could wither the flesh of someone who had Worshipped God, leaving Di Jiang to consider the Immortal Path’s significance.

• Di Jiang ordered Ostandin to stay, then attacked when he tried to flee and cut him into pieces with Facing Solution, Bubble Illusion Extinction.
• Ostandin reassembled himself, but his injured hand remained unable to recover, and he told Di Jiang that Zhang Rongfang had caused the damage.
• Di Jiang recalled how the Flying Spirit Teaching had ended an earlier age of chaos by crushing rival forces and bringing stability.
• Di Jiang asked Zhang Rongfang to demonstrate his blood’s effects on Ostandin, and Zhang Rongfang’s blood began withering the man’s shoulder.

Di Jiang discovered that Zhang Rongfang’s ability could permanently damage Worship God flesh and ordered him to remain on Linghua Mountain for a month of training under Ostandin. Ostandin explained the difference between Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters, then prepared to test Zhang Rongfang’s Martial Arts realm.

• Di Jiang examined Ostandin’s injured shoulder, removed the deadened flesh, and realized Zhang Rongfang’s ability specifically threatened Worship God warriors.
• Di Jiang ordered Zhang Rongfang to stay for a month and prove he could withstand Ostandin’s Final Form and fifty of Di Jiang’s normal attacks, threatening to kill Ostandin if Zhang failed.
• Ostandin explained that Great Grandmasters relied on Martial Arts realm, describing the Absolute Defense Circle and Enemy Anticipation as opposing ways to identify or exploit weaknesses.
• Ostandin described the Extreme Realm as favoring offense and Worship God as favoring defense, and admitted he had once hoped to advance along both paths before choosing Worship God.
• Zhang Rongfang revealed in his thoughts that he had come to Linghua Mountain to gain the Extreme Realm’s support after exposing his ability to restrain Worship God.
• Ostandin rose to begin training Zhang Rongfang and warned him that a vast gap in Enemy Anticipation could decide a fight in a single moment.

At Dust Sand Palace, Yue Dewen and Jin Yuyan confronted Kexiwo and the Great Bright Teaching Alliance, while Heavenly Artisan Jin Hong appeared to challenge Yue Dewen. On Linghua Mountain, Ostandin continued training Zhang Rongfang in Enemy Anticipation, and Zhang considered how to advance his martial arts.

• Kexiwo and the Great Bright Teaching Alliance leaders received an urgent message and prepared to fight the Great Dao Sect, while Ostandin was reported delayed in Ze Province.
• Yue Dewen and Jin Yuyan arrived at Dust Sand Palace, where Kexiwo revealed that he had anticipated their raid and was waiting with Heavenly Artisan Jin Hong.
• Jin Hong drew his crimson sword and challenged Yue Dewen, while Jin Yuyan coldly addressed Jin Hong as a man she had thought dead.
• On Linghua Mountain, Ostandin explained that Zhang Rongfang had been struck because he hesitated when Ostandin changed his attack at the last moment.
• After three days of sparring, Zhang Rongfang considered spending his ten Attribute Points and reflected on the Three Voids, which cultivated Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Zhang Rongfang entered Evil Essence Emptiness and, after choosing to worship himself and pursuing peace of mind, advanced into Evil Thought Emptiness. He then challenged Ostandin again and overwhelmed him with greater speed and strength, revealing his Extreme Realm path.

• Zhang Rongfang spent five Attribute Points to enter Evil Essence Emptiness, transforming his body to better support Martial Arts.
• Di Jiang alternated between his male and female states, wounded Zhang Rongfang with the Love Fate Blade, and explained that Evil Thought Emptiness required choosing between worshiping oneself and worshiping a god.
• Zhang Rongfang realized that his deepest pursuit was peace of mind, focused his thoughts, and advanced into Evil Thought Emptiness.
• Ostandin witnessed Zhang Rongfang's rapid breakthrough and agreed to spar with him again.
• Zhang Rongfang attacked first and used his superior speed and strength to overcome Ostandin's predictions, demonstrating the path of Extreme Realm.

Silver Hair and Black Hair Whiskers escaped Dust Sand Palace after Yue Dewen and Jin Yuyan attacked, leaving the Teaching Alliance without its leaders. Five days later, Zhang Rongfang lost a pursuit contest to Ostandin’s foresight, learned about the role of will and aura in higher martial realms, and advanced his Illusory Image Talisman Method to Evil Qi Emptiness.

• Silver Hair and Black Hair Whiskers escaped Dust Sand Palace, while Yue Dewen and Jin Yuyan emerged after their clash with Jin Hong.
• Jin Yuyan told Yue Dewen she would return to Jade Void Palace once the consolidation was complete, and Yue Dewen left for the distance.
• People entering Dust Sand Palace found three Worship God Great Grandmasters reduced to ash and Kexiwo missing, leaving the Teaching Alliance without its core leadership.
• Five days later, Zhang Rongfang lost his pursuit game with Ostandin, who explained how will, confidence, and oppressive aura shaped the path toward higher realms.
• Di Jiang and Ostandin explained how to create and resist mental pressure, and Zhang Rongfang recognized it as a way to create weaknesses in an opponent.
• Zhang Rongfang spent five Attribute Points to advance the Illusory Image Talisman Method to the third realm, Evil Qi Emptiness.

Zhang Rongfang completed Three Voids and trained intensively under Ostandin and Di Jiang, while a Dust Sand Palace assassin began killing Grandmasters across the Twelve Clan Estates. At Heavenly Sincerity Palace, the leaders confronted Yue Dewen over the attacks and the killer’s suspected connection to Eastern Sect.

• Zhang Rongfang sensed his body harmonize after completing Three Voids, then fought Ostandin for a day while learning from him and Di Jiang.
• Chen Yiche sensed danger in Zel Dan and was killed by a black-veiled figure who identified herself as acting under her master's command.
• Three Grandmasters stationed across the Twelve Clan Estates were killed in two days by a woman named Yue Hongdie, said to be a disciple of Dust Sand Palace's alliance leader.
• Qian Gong and Song Yizhe demanded that Yue Dewen respond to the killings, while Jin Yuyan asked when the Sensing Gate would be deployed.
• Song Yizhe linked the killer to the Twelve Clan Estates' past actions against Eastern Sect, and Yue Dewen sharply stopped him as the Great Grandmasters watched for his answer.

Jin Yuyan and the others accused Zhang Rongfang of concealing his origins and possibly helping to kill Grandmasters, but Yue Dewen refused to believe the claims without further investigation. On Linghua Mountain, Zhang Rongfang completed his training with Di Jiang and Ostandin, refined his martial arts into Twelve Moves, and was allowed to descend.

• Jin Yuyan presented Yue Dewen with evidence linking Zhang Rongfang to missing Grandmasters and the Reverse Time Society, while Song Yizhe and Qian Gong urged them to seize him.
• Yue Dewen rejected the accusations and insisted they investigate before taking action against Zhang Rongfang.
• After five days of fighting, Zhang Rongfang outlasted Ostandin's Final Form for more than half a shichen, and Di Jiang confirmed that he had met the training requirements.
• Di Jiang asked whether Zhang Rongfang could teach the Immortal Path, and Ostandin advised him to forge his strongest will by setting an arena restriction.
• Zhang Rongfang fought Di Jiang in Blood Lotus State, landing a cut before Di Jiang declared that he could descend the mountain.
• Zhang Rongfang absorbed the lessons of the duel, refined his martial arts, and condensed his moves into Twelve Moves.

Zhang Rongfang completed the Twelve Immortal Arts and learned that someone was framing him by murdering Great Dao Sect experts and tracing his methods against Worship God. He remained in Qingchuan Prefecture, where envoys from several sects arrived to investigate him and announced that he would be isolated.

• Zhang Rongfang named his newly developed martial arts system the Twelve Immortal Arts and left the mountain with Ran Xin Yue, while Ostandin remained behind.
• Ran Xin Yue told Zhang Rongfang that someone impersonating him had killed three Great Dao Sect Grandmasters and fifteen Super Grade experts, and that investigators were also tracing his methods for restraining Worship God.
• Zhang Rongfang dismissed the accusations and later received a letter from Shangguan Feihe stating that Zhang Ying had been with him during the murders, though critics pointed to Zhang Ying's unexplained absence in Qingchuan Prefecture.
• Envoys from Snow Rainbow Pavilion, the True One Sect, the Western Sect, the Black Ten Sect, and Ling Ting arrived in Qingchuan Prefecture to investigate Zhang Rongfang's methods against Worship God.
• Zhang Rongfang welcomed the envoys at Brocade Goodness Hall, where Zhou Yan said the investigation was largely a formality, but then declared that Zhang Rongfang would be isolated and barred from outside contact until it was complete.

Zhang Rongfang was placed under isolation review while political forces gathered against the Great Dao Sect. After receiving a warning that Zhou Yan intended to attack him, Zhang Rongfang learned that Daoist Congshan was secretly part of the Reverse Time Society and had come to help him escape.

• Zhang Rongfang agreed to a three-day isolation review after Zhou Yan promised he would be released and everything would remain unchanged.
• In He Country, King Mu Li and Kexiwo discussed the struggle for the throne and planned to use a coming operation in Qingchuan Prefecture to make Yue Dewen pay.
• On the second night of his confinement, Zhang Rongfang noticed Daoist Congshan guarding the gate and received a note warning that Zhou Yan would move against him.
• Daoist Congshan entered Zhang Rongfang's courtyard, revealed his ties to the Reverse Time Society, and urged Zhang Rongfang to prepare to escape.

Zhang Rongfang faced accusations after investigators found signs that a Worship God Grandmaster had died by an unknown method near Qingchuan Prefecture. When Shangguan Feihe demanded the truth, Zhang Rongfang admitted that he had killed the Grandmasters alone.

• Daoist Congshan urged Zhang Rongfang to flee, while investigators from Ling Ting detected remnants of a dead Worship God expert in the woods.
• Zhou Yan arrived with a Falling Jade Plate and accused Zhang Rongfang of being connected to the mysterious deaths of Grandmasters in Citong and Qingchuan.
• Shangguan Feihe returned and challenged Zhou Yan's evidence, while Zhou Yan revealed that Daoist Congshan had posed as a Reverse Time Society contact to test Zhang Rongfang.
• Zhou Yan and Shangguan Feihe threatened one another as Zhou Yan tried to frame Zhang Rongfang and implicate Shangguan Feihe in colluding with rebels.
• Shangguan Feihe questioned Zhang Rongfang, who denied colluding with rebels or serving the Eastern Sect but admitted that he had killed the Grandmasters himself.

Zhang Rongfang publicly admitted to killing Western Sect Grandmasters and attacked the investigators who sought to arrest him. With Di Jiang and Ostandin blocking his opponents, Zhang Rongfang walked out of the courtyard, leaving Shangguan Feihe to question his decision.

• Zhang Rongfang admitted killing many members of the Kong Generation, stunning Yuan Cheng and the others.
• Cong Shan called for Zhang Rongfang's arrest, but Zhang Rongfang struck him down with a single blow.
• Yuan Cheng urged Shangguan Feihe to join him in taking Zhang Rongfang down, but Shangguan Feihe hesitated after recognizing Great Dao Sect martial arts.
• Di Jiang arrived at the courtyard and told Shangguan Feihe that neither of them would intervene.
• Ostandin appeared behind Di Jiang as Zhang Rongfang passed Zhou Yan and Yuan Cheng and headed for the gate.
• Shangguan Feihe called after Zhang Rongfang and asked whether he had thought his decision through.

Zhang Rongfang rejected the Great Dao Sect’s authority and was pulled into a fight against its allies, who mistook him for a Reverse Time Society Grandmaster. He killed Daoist Congshan, drained Yuan Cheng, and shattered Zhou Yan’s arm, revealing his frightening recovery and new speed.

• Zhang Rongfang thanked Shangguan Feihe for his care but said the Great Dao Sect had taken the wrong path, and Di Jiang stopped Shangguan from seizing him.
• Zhou Yan used Doubtful Cloud Mist to separate Zhang Rongfang from Di Jiang while a shadow and Shangguan Feihe attacked Di Jiang.
• Zhou Yan, Daoist Congshan, and Yuan Cheng surrounded Zhang Rongfang in the mist and prepared to capture him.
• Zhang Rongfang killed Daoist Congshan by piercing his chest and draining his blood, prompting Zhou Yan and Yuan Cheng to attack at full power.
• Zhang Rongfang used Ground Shrinking to break Zhou Yan’s arm, then drained Yuan Cheng while his own shattered arm rapidly recovered.

Zhang Rongfang killed Yuan Cheng and fought Zhou Yan, insisting that his blood cultivation was the true Immortal Path. After Zhou Yan’s Divine Descent overwhelmed his senses, Zhang Rongfang survived by draining Zhou Yan’s life until he died, then lay laughing as Di Jiang arrived.

• Zhang Rongfang snapped Yuan Cheng’s neck, declared that he had cultivated the First Essence Blood Flower, and challenged Zhou Yan’s beliefs about the Dao.
• Zhou Yan attacked Zhang Rongfang with his Secret Kill, but Zhang Rongfang used Yin Rainbow to withstand the barrage and wound him.
• Zhou Yan summoned a Daoist Silhouette through Divine Descent, disoriented Zhang Rongfang, and struck his heart with a devastating punch.
• Zhang Rongfang locked Zhou Yan in a death grip, drained his blood, and endured his attacks until Zhou Yan became a dried corpse.
• Zhang Rongfang lay beside Zhou Yan’s corpse, laughing that heretical demons could not kill him, while Di Jiang arrived and listened.