Chapter Summaries

At the Assembled Sages Institute, Yue Dewen learned that the Special Envoy Team had encountered trouble while investigating Zhang Ying and hurried to respond. In seclusion, Zhang Rongfang sought to break through to Grandmaster, but Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang and Ran Xin Yue told him that he first needed to resolve what troubled his heart.

• Yue Dewen, Daoist Qing Yi, and Master Yuan discussed the secret for restraining Worship God and Yue Dewen's efforts to challenge Spirit Flight Teaching's influence.
• Daoist Qing Yi discovered that the Special Envoy Team had met with trouble, and Yue Dewen rushed out, fearing what had happened to Zhang Ying.
• Zhang Rongfang reflected on his recent gains and decided he could not find inner peace without repaying Master Yue.
• Heavenly Maiden Tong Zhang and Ran Xin Yue explained that Zhang Rongfang's spirit lacked cohesion because unresolved troubles still disturbed him.
• Ran Xin Yue described how a hundred days of fighting in an arena had helped her gather a heart of self-strengthening and reach Grandmaster.

Zhang Rongfang decided to use the turmoil surrounding the Great Dao Sect as an arena to strengthen his will and break through to Grandmaster. After reuniting with his followers at Aloeswood Manor, he sent them toward Wushan Prefecture while preparing to investigate the forces behind the recent attack.

• Zhang Rongfang concluded that Grandmaster breakthroughs depended on strengthening and stabilizing one's emotions and will, and declared that the world would be his arena.
• Zhang Rongfang left the mountain retreat, and the Heavenly Maiden and Ran Xin Yue followed him as they recognized his plan to challenge powerful factions.
• Zhang Rongfang appeared at Aloeswood Manor, reassured Zhang Zhenhai, Zhang Yunqi, and Sun Chaoyue, and asked whether they would leave the Great Dao Sect with him.
• Zhang Yunqi and Sun Chaoyue agreed to follow Zhang Rongfang, who ordered them to take the group's funds and medicinal ingredients to Wushan Prefecture by ship.
• Zhang Rongfang said he would follow later, first investigating the people behind the attack and facing opponents to help him reach Grandmaster.

Daoist Qingxiao agreed to help a masked man capture Zhang Ying’s close subordinates, while Zhang Rongfang waited for attackers and struck first. The chapter ended with Zhang Rongfang killing the masked attacker who had grabbed Sun Chaoyue, as Qingxiao’s assault on the convoy continued.

• Daoist Qingxiao killed his close disciple and agreed to help the masked man seize Zhang Ying’s subordinates as bait.
• Zhang Rongfang watched the convoy as bait, then intercepted a group of white-clad masked men and killed all but their leader.
• Daoist Qingxiao and another masked man ambushed Zhang Yunqi’s convoy and targeted Zhang Zhenhai and Sun Chaoyue for capture.
• The bamboo-hatted attacker grabbed Sun Chaoyue, but Zhang Rongfang appeared behind him, immobilized him, and twisted his neck, killing him.

Zhang Rongfang captured Daoist Qingxiao after swiftly defeating the attackers, then faced him in a duel that revealed a new path toward completing his own Final Form. The chapter ended with Zhang Rongfang using Qingxiao’s sword attacks to rapidly refine his Absolute Defense Circle.

• Zhang Rongfang killed a masked attacker and seized Daoist Qingxiao, carrying him away from the convoy.
• Zhang Yunqi continued the convoy’s journey while Zhang Zhenhai and Sun Chaoyue realized they had served as bait; Tong Zhang and Ran Xin Yue stayed behind to guard them.
• Zhang Rongfang questioned Qingxiao’s strength and demanded to know whether he could become stronger, prompting Qingxiao to attack with the Chengkong Sword Style.
• Qingxiao’s hidden silver short sword struck Zhang Rongfang’s chest, but Zhang Rongfang blocked it with the explosive force of the Golden Toad Skill.
• Zhang Rongfang recognized the value of Absolute Defense and focused on deflecting Qingxiao’s sword strikes, rapidly advancing his defensive technique.

Zhang Rongfang defeated Daoist Qingxiao and questioned him about the conspiracy surrounding Zhou Yan, while Qingxiao offered help in exchange for learning Immortal Method. Elsewhere, King Mu Li’s forces framed Zhang Ying for massacres of several sect headquarters, and Zhang Rongfang remained with Qingxiao as the Aloeswood Manor convoy neared Wushan Prefecture.

• Zhang Rongfang stopped fighting Daoist Qingxiao after testing his defenses, then questioned him about who had directed Zhou Yan; Qingxiao denied knowing and offered to help him perfect his Absolute Defense Circle.
• Zhang Rongfang told Qingxiao he was not an Extreme Realm expert and mentioned Three Flowers Gather on Crown, Five Energies Merge to Origin, leaving Qingxiao shocked.
• King Mu Li and Kexiwo learned Zhou Yan was dead and arranged to seize people close to Dao Child Zhang Ying while spreading accusations linking him to the Reverse Time Society.
• A force led by a man posing as Zhang Ying attacked and destroyed Golden Ridge Temple, then struck the newly established headquarters of the True One Sect, Heaven Lock Sect, and Black Ten Sect.
• Witness accounts and planted rumors identified the attacker as Zhang Ying, prompting the Five Sects Circle to investigate as the claims spread among its leaders.
• Zhang Rongfang continued guarding the Aloeswood Manor convoy near Wushan Prefecture while Qingxiao asked why he could not cultivate Immortal Method and offered information and assistance.

Zhang Rongfang agreed to teach Daoist Qingxiao the Human Immortal Path after Qingxiao accepted the risks of opposing Worship God practitioners. He performed a Crown Infusion that rejuvenated Qingxiao, then began teaching him the Blood Lotus Condensation Method.

• Qingxiao begged Zhang Rongfang to teach him the Immortal Method, and Zhang warned that it could not be guaranteed to work and would put him against Worship God practitioners.
• Zhang told Qingxiao that he was twenty-two and explained the Human Immortal Path, convincing Qingxiao that the opportunity was worth the danger.
• Zhang began the Crown Infusion, replacing Qingxiao’s blood with his own as Qingxiao’s body underwent dramatic changes.
• Qingxiao shed his old skin, regained youthful features, and rejoiced that the Immortal Method was real.
• Zhang began teaching Qingxiao the Blood Lotus Condensation Method and sensed that he could control the blood in Qingxiao’s body.

Zhang Rongfang taught Qingxiao the Human Immortal Path and founded the Human Immortal Temple with him. Meanwhile, Great Ling’s investigators identified the convoy as a target and set out to capture Zhang Ying’s subordinates.

• Zhang Rongfang taught Qingxiao how to condense the Essence Blood Flower, and Qingxiao began the process after his physique improved through Crown Infusion.
• Qingxiao proposed forming an organization, and Zhang Rongfang named it the Human Immortal Temple; they agreed to recruit carefully and conceal members’ identities.
• Qingxiao returned to the True One Sect to investigate the hidden mastermind while Zhang Rongfang continued with the convoy, refining Absolute Defense and secretly killing attackers.
• Yuwen Ji, Chen Tao, Lin Hansheng, Yuan Hai, and Shangguan Ming investigated the site where Zhou Yan disappeared and found evidence that a Worship God practitioner had died unnaturally.
• After learning that Zhang Ying’s convoy was guarded by people using a method that restrained Worship God, Yuwen Ji ordered the group to race ahead and capture the convoy’s members.

The Thousand Sect Alliance decided to exploit the Five Sects Circle’s weakened position and launched a massacre in a Great Dao Sect city, where a rioter leader violated the Ten Thousand Sects Covenant by activating Limit State. Meanwhile, Zhang Rongfang added his Attribute Points to vitality and looked forward to gaining another Trait Talent.

• A bearded martial artist prayed to Yi Ya Mu Sha at a ruined shrine, driving a silver needle into his brow and leaving with confidence about a deal the next day.
• The Thousand Sect Alliance Leader concluded that the Five Sects Circle was stretched thin and ordered the Alliance to act.
• Thousands of hooded rioters stormed a city devoted to the Great Dao Sect, killing residents and driving silver needles into their heads.
• The rioter leader recovered after the Prefect and another warrior smashed his body, then activated Limit State and killed the Prefect.
• Zhang Rongfang found that his Attribute Points still could not advance the Illusory Image Talisman Method, so he added sixteen points to vitality, raising it from 255 to 271.

Zhang Rongfang learned that the Ten Thousand Sects Covenant had restrained Worship God factions from consuming ordinary people’s brain marrow, and that the Thousand Sect Alliance had broken it. Ran Xin Yue suspected Yue Dewen had engineered the crisis to let the factions grow strong enough to challenge the Spirit Flight Teaching, but Zhang Rongfang rejected the accusation and defended his Master.

• Ran Xin Yue warned Zhang Rongfang that the Thousand Sect Alliance had lifted restrictions on Worship God, and Zhang Rongfang killed a masked band of attackers in the forest.
• Zhang Rongfang asked the Heavenly Maiden about the Ten Thousand Sects Covenant, but her forgetfulness prevented her from explaining it.
• Ran Xin Yue explained that the covenant had forbidden Worship God practitioners from consuming ordinary people’s brain marrow, which their sects used to strengthen their gods and earn rewards.
• Ran Xin Yue revealed that she had joined the Reverse Time Society because she knew the truth about brain marrow consumption and described how it harmed followers, especially in minor sects.
• Ran Xin Yue realized the Spirit Flight Teaching might not know the covenant had been broken because Yue Dewen had cut off its perception of the lower levels.
• Ran Xin Yue accused Yue Dewen of plotting to let the factions grow powerful and challenge the Spirit Flight Teaching, while Zhang Rongfang insisted that this was speculation and defended his Master.

Zhang Rongfang intercepted the force following the Warning Flares and killed its soldiers while honing his Absolute Defense Circle against Ahe’s attacks. The chapter ended with four Great Grandmasters surrounding him in the Snow Forest.

• Zhang Yunqi recognized the Warning Flares as location signals and ordered the convoy to prepare for an attack, while Zhang Rongfang set out to intercept the approaching force.
• Yuwen Ji and Chen Tao sent Ahe and his soldiers to bring people from the convoy in for questioning, but Zhang Rongfang found and killed the scouts ahead of them.
• Ahe attacked Zhang Rongfang with his Heavy Sword, allowing Zhang Rongfang to study and dismantle the Blood Breaking Skill before killing him.
• Chen Tao confronted Zhang Rongfang, whose body shrugged off a White Diamond Spike, and Zhang Rongfang sensed that his Absolute Defense Circle was nearing completion.
• Yuwen Ji, Lin Hansheng, and Zen Master Yuan Hai arrived with Chen Tao and surrounded Zhang Rongfang.

Zhang Rongfang fought Yuwen Ji, one of Snow Rainbow Pavilion’s Fierce Generals, and used the battle to deepen his Absolute Defense and approach a new transformation. Yuwen Ji eventually prepared to unleash his Final Form, treating Zhang Rongfang as an equal threat.

• Yuwen Ji confronted Zhang Rongfang while Lin Hansheng and the other two Great Grandmasters watched.
• Zhang Rongfang caught Yuwen Ji off guard with a powerful strike, sending him crashing through a pine tree and damaging his armor.
• Yuwen Ji activated the Golden Swan and Cold Jade Dragon Limit States, and his attacks wounded Zhang Rongfang as the two fought to a near stalemate.
• Zhang Rongfang activated his own Limit States, healed his wounds, and developed new insight into Absolute Defense under pressure.
• Yuwen Ji recognized Zhang Rongfang’s Grandmaster-level combat ability and began gathering Spirit Threads to unleash his Final Form.

Zhang Rongfang refused Yue Dewen’s demand to return and Worship God, and their confrontation escalated until Zhang tried to take his own life rather than submit. Yue Dewen stopped him and treated his wound, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Yue Dewen arrived in the snowfield and halted Yuwen Ji just as Zhang Rongfang was nearing his Final Form; Yuwen Ji and the other investigators withdrew.
• Yue Dewen ordered Zhang Rongfang to return with him and Worship God, but Zhang refused and said he had learned how to restrain Worship God.
• When Yue Dewen attacked with a crushing barrage of voices, Zhang resisted and drove his hand into his chest, declaring that he would rather die.
• Yue Dewen caught Zhang’s strike, accused the Reverse Time Society of influencing him, and demanded to know why he rejected Worship God and the Extreme Realm.
• Zhang explained that he only wanted to protect those close to him and live away from worldly affairs; Yue Dewen gave him medicine and treated his wound.

Zhang Rongfang refused Yue Dewen’s plan for him to Worship God and become a Spirit General, choosing instead to pursue a path based on his own power. Yue Dewen agreed to give him ten years to prove he could defeat a Spirit General, then prepared to demonstrate his move again.

• Yue Dewen agreed to arrange Zhang Rongfang’s seclusion but demanded that he stop dealing with the Reverse Time Society, while Zhang Rongfang said he would do his best.
• Zhang Rongfang explained his plan to condense Essence, Qi, and Spirit into the Three Flowers, and Yue Dewen warned that Spirit Generals could be resurrected as long as their divine religion had believers.
• Yue Dewen explained that destroying a divine religion could leave its Spirit Generals forgotten and unable to awaken, then offered Zhang Rongfang ten years to rely on himself, with help only at critical moments.
• Zhang Rongfang and Yue Dewen agreed that if Zhang Rongfang could defeat a Spirit General through his own power within ten years, Yue Dewen would give him the Grand Master position and support his path.
• As Yue Dewen prepared to leave, Zhang Rongfang asked him to demonstrate his previous move again, and Yue Dewen raised his hand as dawn broke over the Snow Forest.

Zhang Rongfang failed to force a Grandmaster breakthrough while sparring with Yue Dewen, then faced Chen Tao and awakened his own Final Form, Godspeed. Chen Tao ended the fight after Zhang Rongfang wounded him, while a gray-black observer watched from the direction Yue Dewen had gone.

• Yue Dewen trapped Zhang Rongfang in an airflow technique, but Zhang Rongfang failed to reach the Grandmaster Final Form and found himself choking himself in the snow.
• Chen Tao revealed that he had infiltrated Snow Rainbow Pavilion and challenged Zhang Rongfang in his Final Form.
• Chen Tao overwhelmed Zhang Rongfang with powerful strikes that repeated their force, driving him to awaken his Final Form.
• Zhang Rongfang named his new Final Form Godspeed, outpaced Chen Tao, and carved a deep wound across his abdomen.
• Chen Tao healed, said he had fulfilled his promise, and departed without continuing the fight.
• Zhang Rongfang spotted a gray-black figure watching from the direction Yue Dewen had left, but the figure swiftly disappeared.

King Mu Li prepared to march on Great Capital amid widespread rebellion, while Zhang Rongfang established the Human Immortal Temple in Wish Woman Canyon. The chapter ended with the temple facing disrupted medicine supplies and a migration team trapped by Red Turban insurgents.

• King Mu Li, Kexiwo, and Heavenly Artisan Jin Hong prepared to enter Great Capital, relying on allies in the Weaving Elephant Army and a wider understanding with the Thousand Sect Alliance.
• King Mu Li discussed Yue Hongdie's absence, Zhang Ying's escape, and how Zhou Yan's death had driven a wedge between the Snow Rainbow Pavilion and the Great Dao Sect.
• Zhang Rongfang oversaw construction of the Human Immortal Temple and worked with Chang Yuqing to compile the Human Immortal Scripture and teach her the Settling Void Skill.
• Zhang Rongfang realized he could use Attribute Points to improve the Illusory Image Talisman Method and its Enemy Anticipation and Absolute Defense Circle skills independently.
• A Rebel Sect messenger reported that an uprising in Lion Mountain Town had cut off the temple's Main Herb supply, and Zhang Rongfang ordered Ding Yu to come to him.
• Another messenger reported that Red Turban insurgents had blocked the migration team from Citong at Juexi Mountain.

Zhang Rongfang strengthened his Illusory Image Talisman Method before rushing to rescue the Migration Team and Zhang Zhenhai from the Red Turban Army. After defeating the attackers, he and Zhang Zhenhai suspected that the thugs’ abnormal strength and fearlessness had a hidden cause.

• Zhang Rongfang assigned Zhang Zhenhai and Ding Yu to handle incidents, then spent ten Attribute Points advancing the Illusory Image Talisman Method to Half Moon.
• Reports arrived that Ding Yu’s rescue team and Zhang Zhenhai’s team were both trapped in bitter battles with Red Turban Army forces, including Spirit Guards.
• Zhang Rongfang and Zhang Yunqi set out to reinforce the two teams, and Zhang Rongfang reached the Migration Team first.
• Zhang Rongfang killed the attackers surrounding the Migration Team and helped Serena rally the survivors.
• Zhang Rongfang killed the two repeatedly reviving Spirit Guard leaders fighting Zhang Zhenhai, and they discussed the Red Turban Thugs’ unnatural strength and lack of fear.

Zhang Rongfang found Shan Province overwhelmed by fanatical thugs as the Thousand Sect Alliance advanced, while Ding Yu returned gravely wounded and reported that supply routes had been cut. After Zhang Rongfang decided to defend Wish Woman Gorge and clear the surrounding area, a huge blaze erupted near Wushan Prefecture, and he raced toward it.

• Zhang Rongfang learned that Ding Yu had been severely wounded and hurried to Wish Woman Gorge.
• Zhou Yitang and Old Man Hu discussed the Thousand Sect Alliance's campaign in Shan Province and planned to capture Governor Amo Ye and take Wu Mountain.
• Zhang Rongfang fought thugs attacking the Gorge, but their Spirit Threads killed two Rebel Sect experts before he stopped one of them.
• Ding Yu told Zhang Rongfang that most of his men had died, villages were emptying, and thugs had cut off the roads and grain convoys.
• Qing Su reported that Great Ling's army was mobilizing, and Zhang Rongfang ordered the Gorge defended while he planned to clear out nearby thugs.
• A massive blaze erupted near Wushan Prefecture, and Zhang Rongfang raced toward it.

Zhang Rongfang confirmed that Wushan Prefecture had survived a Red Turban Army attack, though the Prefect had been killed, and then hunted down a group of fanatical raiders outside the city. After discovering that the ordinary-looking attackers could fight like trained Warriors and regenerate from Spirit Threads, he suspected their condition was linked to the Blood God Pirates and a larger religious force.

• Zhang Rongfang rushed to Mu Chi Prefecture and saw his sister and brother-in-law safe behind Spirit Army defenses as the attackers were driven back.
• Zhang Rongfang learned that the Prefect of Wushan Prefecture had been killed and searched the surrounding area for Red Turban Thugs.
• Zhang Rongfang found more than a hundred Red Turban Thugs in the mountains and killed all but their leader and two Deputies.
• One-Eyed Dragon and his Deputies exploded into Spirit Threads, reformed, and were killed by Zhang Rongfang after the threads dispersed.
• Zhang Rongfang examined a young woman among the attackers and found an ordinary body despite her Warrior-like strength and fanatical behavior.

Zhang Rongfang investigated the Red Turban Riot and learned that powerful factions might have allowed the disaster to unfold, then headed toward Fushan City to seek answers. At Snow Rainbow Pavilion, Yue Dewen confronted the Main Pavilion about a secret investigation into his disciple and the absence of Lao Dou.

• Zhang Rongfang discovered that a dead woman's skull contained empty cavities, then followed the trail to Nanxing Town, where he found its residents gone and a strange blood-drawn pattern beside a corpse.
• A white-haired old man exploded into Spirit Threads when Zhang Rongfang questioned him, then collapsed into ash without leaving clues.
• Zhang Rongfang reached Lingshe City and learned from Lin Zhao that the major sects had moved their elite followers beforehand and that Heavenly Sincerity Palace had halted a Great Dao Sect effort to suppress the riot.
• Lin Zhao warned Zhang Rongfang that thugs might attack Wushan Prefecture City, while Zhang Rongfang planned to investigate the provincial head of the Great Dao Sect in Fushan City.
• Yue Dewen confronted the Main Pavilion of Snow Rainbow Pavilion in Ten Thousand Jun Hall, questioning why the pavilion had secretly investigated his disciple and asking where Lao Dou was.

Zhang Rongfang learned that the Great Dao Sect had withdrawn and that Master Yue had left him instructions to survive amid the Red Turban Thugs’ upheaval. Seeking to protect his progress and those around him, he offered the dying Spirit Turtle a way to live in exchange for serving him and began turning him into a Blood Descendant.

• Yue Dewen was escorted by Ice Field to meet the Grand Pavilion Lord, while the Main Pavilion Lord remained behind in Ten Thousand Jun Hall.
• Zhang Rongfang met Spirit Turtle at the Great Dao Sect’s chief Dao Palace and learned that Master Yue had anticipated the Red Turban Thugs’ threat and left supplies and instructions for him.
• Spirit Turtle explained that the Great Dao Sect’s people had departed and that his own advanced Civilian Skill could not prevent his imminent death without Worshipping God.
• Zhang Rongfang realized he needed to preserve his resources and protect his people, then offered Spirit Turtle continued life in exchange for working for him.
• Spirit Turtle accepted, and Zhang Rongfang pressed a drop of his blood into Spirit Turtle’s forehead to begin creating a Blood Descendant.