Chapter Summaries

Hua Qi revealed to Meng Yutong that she came from the Upper Realm and believed Ye Tian’s unusual physique and fortune might let him open the Starry Sky Ancient Road. After Hua Qi left, Meng Yutong grew suspicious that Lin Heng might also have a hidden guide or secret.

• Meng Yutong argued with Hua Qi about punishing Ye Tian, but Hua Qi said she needed him to open the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Hua Qi confirmed she was from the Upper Realm and explained that she did not know why its connection to the lower realm had been lost.
• Hua Qi said Ye Tian’s Berserk Bone Tyrant Blood Body came from the Third Epoch and might be evidence of a heavenly scheme, while noting that Lin Heng also carried a different kind of fortune.
• Hua Qi warned Meng Yutong that opening the Starry Sky Ancient Road might not benefit lower-realm cultivators, then left to speak with Ye Tian one last time.
• After Hua Qi departed, Meng Yutong recalled Lin Heng’s sudden revelation of a Five Elements Spirit Root and wondered whether he had a hidden expert guiding him.

Black Robe brought Lin Heng to the Blood Moon Cult’s ancient ground near Distant Peace City, where the cult’s disciples were preparing for an urgent matter. He told Jiang Caiyan that Lin Heng had arrived, and she immediately ended her seclusion to ask whether he had really come.

• Black Robe explained how Distant Peace City became one of the Western Continent’s Thirteen Cities as he led Lin Heng to the Blood Moon Ancient Ground.
• Lin Heng arrived at the cult’s hidden grounds and learned that the disciples had borrowed about thirty corpses from mass burial mounds outside Distant Peace City.
• Black Robe took Lin Heng to wait in the main hall while he went upstairs to speak with Jiang Caiyan, who was cultivating in seclusion.
• Black Robe urged Jiang Caiyan to make a decision before the ninth day and told her that Lin Heng had come to help.
• Jiang Caiyan opened her eyes and asked Black Robe whether Lin Heng had really come.

Jiang Caiyan had Lin Heng tricked into the Blood Moon Cult’s dungeon, intending to frighten him, but the shackles blocked his True Yuan and Jie began whipping him. Lin Heng pretended to faint after two lashes, while Fang Su watched and mocked him.

• Jiang Caiyan told Black Robe to lure Lin Heng into a dungeon cell and lock him up until she finished secluding herself.
• Black Robe deceived Lin Heng into entering the dungeon and shackled him, leaving him unable to circulate his True Yuan.
• Lin Heng met Fang Su in the neighboring cell and heard her accusations that Jiang Caiyan had imprisoned her, killed her cousin, and sold her daughter.
• Lin Heng worried about Jiang Caiyan and planned to get her away from the Blood Moon Cult by bringing her to Fairy Cloud Peak.
• Jie recognized Lin Heng as the honored guest Jiang Caiyan had mentioned and struck him twice with a whip.
• Lin Heng pretended to faint, and Fang Su laughed at him while Jie wondered why he had passed out so quickly.

Jiang Caiyan arrived at the dungeon and stopped Jie from continuing to whip Lin Heng, who had only been pretending to be unconscious. She revealed that she was the Blood Moon Cult’s cult master, and Lin Heng’s teasing and insults ended with her whipping him herself.

• Jiang Caiyan and Black Robe found Lin Heng slumped in a chair while Jie held a whip, and Jiang Caiyan slapped Jie for acting without permission.
• Lin Heng pretended to wake up and sought Jiang Caiyan’s sympathy, but she saw through his act when he faked tears with water.
• Lin Heng insulted Fang Su and tried to kiss Jiang Caiyan, while Fang Su mocked them; Jiang Caiyan struck Fang Su and revealed that Fang Su was her aunt.
• Jiang Caiyan told Lin Heng she was the cult master, then pressed him back into his chair after he tried to protest.
• Jiang Caiyan whipped Lin Heng, dismissing his cries of pain because his Gold Element Body and Wood Element Body protected him.

Jiang Caiyan revealed how close Lin Heng had come to being captured and tortured before Lady Zhao persuaded her to give him another chance. Lin Heng proposed using the Garrison Command to turn the Black Market against the Blood Moon Cult, but Jiang Caiyan caught him plotting to leave her homeless so she would have to join Fairy Cloud Peak.

• Jiang Caiyan showed Lin Heng the torture devices she had prepared and admitted she had once planned to capture him.
• Jiang Caiyan credited Lady Zhao and Lin Heng's self-inflicted stabbing with changing her mind, then refused to untie him and took him to her sleeping pavilion.
• Black Robe warned Jie that Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan were likely Dao companions, and Jie silently clenched his fist.
• Lin Heng told Jiang Caiyan he had brought in the Garrison Command and proposed using Fierce Creatures and corpses to draw the authorities toward the Black Market.
• Lin Heng suggested staging the Blood Moon Cult's capture and relocation, then accidentally revealed he hoped Jiang Caiyan would be forced to become his junior sister at Fairy Cloud Peak.
• Jiang Caiyan pounced on Lin Heng after realizing he had been scheming to make her homeless.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan teased each other after she used the Beast Seal on him, while Lin Heng secretly weakened its control. The next morning, Black Robe organized the Blood Moon Cult’s departure and offered disciples money to leave, and Jiang Caiyan revealed she had intercepted a bounty on Lin Heng from an employer surnamed Li.

• Jiang Caiyan warned Lin Heng not to pressure her to join the Green Pavilion Sect and used the Beast Seal to restrain him.
• Lin Heng secretly weakened the Beast Seal’s control with his Dao Eye and pretended it had worked as Jiang Caiyan teased him.
• Jiang Caiyan eventually let Lin Heng go, but he soon turned the tables and teased her in return.
• Black Robe told the Blood Moon Cult disciples they could relocate with the cult or leave with 100 Spirit Stones in travel money.
• Nearly half the disciples chose to leave, and Jiang Caiyan told Lin Heng she had intercepted a Black Market bounty on his life from someone surnamed Li.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan used Black Robe to lure away Distant Peace City's guards, then scattered six corpses inside the city to provoke an investigation and draw attention to the burial ground. As officials debated the incident, Lin Heng waited for Luo Feng's troops and prepared to lead them into his next trap.

• Black Robe distracted the four West City Gate guards by slapping one and pretending he had mistaken him for his son.
• Lin Heng threw six corpses over Distant Peace City's walls, scattering them across the city.
• Residents discovered the corpses, including a recently buried man's body, and demanded that the Justice Bureau investigate the grave desecrations.
• The Bureau Chief and the Mansion Lord discussed the corpses and suspected possible links to the Blood Moon Cult, Yi Pavilion, or the Black Market before splitting up to investigate.
• Lin Heng met Luo Feng and his thousand-plus troops on the southern road, but Luo Feng rejected his offer to lead the way.

Luo Feng questioned Distant Peace City’s officials about blood corpse activity and the Black Market, then sent soldiers to investigate and promised to sweep the Black Market if it was involved. Lin Heng and Black Robe planted blood corpses near the Black Market, and the chapter ended with its Field Master learning that Garrison Command troops were approaching.

• Luo Feng questioned Prefect Sun and Bureau Chief Zhao about the blood corpse activity and warned that he would attack the Black Market if it threatened Distant Peace City.
• Luo Feng revealed that he had heard the Black Market planned to refine an army of blood corpses using the city’s people, and ordered the officials to help him investigate.
• Lin Heng and Black Robe planted blood corpses along the route northwest while Jiang Caiyan hid nearby and watched Garrison Command soldiers capture one of them.
• Lin Mo and Black Robe placed three blood corpses and two baleful corpses in the woods near the Black Market’s outer field.
• The Black Market’s Field Master learned that Garrison Command soldiers were investigating the nearby woods and sprang from his seat in alarm.

The Wei Family pursued the Blood Moon Cult leader and investigated whether Fang Yaxin’s cousin might be Yu Xian’s descendant, whose constitution could save the family’s Eternal Mulberry. The chapter ended with Big Senior sending Wei Guan and Second Brother to capture the cult leader themselves.

• A Black Market subordinate reported blood corpses and Baleful Intent corpses near Distant Peace City, and the long-haired man ordered him to watch the Garrison Command while delaying action against the Blood Moon Cult.
• The Floating Smoke Tower owner reminded the long-haired man that the Wei Family had tasked him with capturing the Blood Moon Cult leader alive.
• Fang Yaxin asked Wei Guan to arrange her entry into Creek Moon Sect, then vowed revenge on Jiang Caiyan after he refused to discuss the Blood Moon Cult investigation.
• At the Wei manor, Big Senior said Fang Yaxin’s cousin might be Yu Xian’s daughter and that her constitution could restore the exhausted Eternal Mulberry.
• Big Senior questioned why a possible daughter of Yu Xian had the surname Jiang, then sent Wei Guan and Second Brother to capture the Blood Moon Cult leader.

Lin Heng manipulated Luo Feng into attacking the Black Market and proposed using the Blood Moon Cult as bait to draw its members into a trap. Jiang Caiyan questioned whether Luo Feng could be trusted, and Lin Heng reassured her that Prince Qi was backing them.

• Lin Heng steered Luo Feng toward blaming the Black Market for the Fierce Creatures, and Luo Feng planned to seize its valuables during the raid.
• Prefect Sun feared the Black Market might expose his dealings and decided to warn them that the crackdown came from higher-ups.
• Lin Heng explained to Black Robe and Jiang Caiyan that the Black Market would retreat when it learned of the Garrison Command's attack.
• Lin Heng proposed that Blood Moon Cult disciples pose as captured criminals so the Black Market would believe the cult had been defeated and return to its territory.
• Jiang Caiyan and Black Robe worried Luo Feng would turn the ruse into a real arrest, but Lin Heng assured Jiang Caiyan that Prince Qi was helping them and said he would stand behind her.

Lin Heng visited the Illusory World Mirror and discovered that his Mirror Person had hacked Saint Ye for ten days and ten nights. He persuaded Saint Ye to leave the mirror in a puppet body, and Saint Ye agreed on the condition that Lin Heng made the process safe.

• Jiang Caiyan stopped Lin Heng and Black Robe from bickering and ordered them to cultivate until morning.
• Lin Heng entered the Illusory World Mirror and found its landscape shattered and the Mirror Person apparently dead.
• Saint Ye appeared and told Lin Heng that the Mirror Person had chased and hacked him for ten days and ten nights before dying.
• Saint Ye forbade Lin Heng from making another Mirror Person, but Lin Heng argued that he needed the helper and proposed giving Saint Ye a body with the Lotus-Joining Body-Molding Method.
• Saint Ye agreed to consider leaving the mirror if Lin Heng made the puppet body safe, and Lin Heng promised to finish it in ten days.

Lin Heng arranged a scheme with Luo Feng to lure the black market’s hidden members into returning by staging the Blood Moon Cult’s capture. The plan began with Jiang Caiyan and the cult disciples surrendering, while Luo Feng’s other soldiers waited in the black market.

• Lin Heng told Jiang Caiyan and Black Robe to return to the Blood Moon Cult and prepare the staged surrender while he followed Luo Feng’s soldiers.
• The black market master moved his people and goods to a hidden transfer station, deciding to wait for the Garrison Command to leave before returning.
• Luo Feng found the black market empty, and Lin Heng offered to help him recover its people and stolen goods in exchange for three shares.
• Lin Heng persuaded Luo Feng to stage an attack on the Blood Moon Cult, then have his soldiers secretly wait for the black market’s members to return.
• Jiang Caiyan and the Blood Moon Cult disciples surrendered to the soldiers, and news of their capture spread toward the black market transfer station.

The Black Market's forces learned that the Garrison Command had captured the Blood Moon Cult and waited for its departure, while Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun arrived at Hidden Sword Manor and reunited with Duan Shuyun. Ling Fei and Meng Yutong confronted Shi Yuanzhou about the sect's internal crisis, and he revealed that Elder Xu had gone missing.

• The long-haired young man learned that the Garrison Command had captured the Blood Moon Cult's master and ordered someone to report the situation to the master of Floating Smoke Tower.
• Luo Feng kept watch in the Black Market for two days while the Garrison Command escorted the captives toward Distant Peace City.
• Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun arrived at Hidden Sword Manor aboard Prince Qi's Dragon-Phoenix Cloud Boat and reunited with Duan Shuyun.
• Duan Shuyun told the sisters that Liu Xi and two others had gone to the competition and that their master was meeting steward Ling Fei.
• Ling Fei and Meng Yutong challenged Shi Yuanzhou over his refusal to support them, and he said Elder Xu of Return to Origin Peak was missing.

Shi Yuanzhou warned Meng Yutong and Ling Fei that Xu Gou had disappeared and that the sect’s disciples might be in danger. After Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun returned from Eastern Continent, Leng Qingyun confessed to Meng Yutong that she liked someone, leaving her Master curious about the man.

• Shi Yuanzhou told Meng Yutong and Ling Fei that Xu Gou had vanished, Zhao Yue claimed not to know where he was, and he feared the disciples could be in danger.
• Ling Fei warned Meng Yutong that Clear Moon Long Song might target Green Pavilion Sect’s younger disciples to weaken the sect.
• Meng Yutong reunited with Leng Qingqiu and Leng Qingyun, scolded them for traveling for over a year without sending word, and sent Leng Qingqiu to refine Spirit-Nourishing Pills.
• Leng Qingyun told Meng Yutong that she liked someone, and Meng Yutong asked whether he was from Eastern Continent.

Meng Yutong considered taking her disciples to the Eastern Continent for the New Year while thinking about Lin Heng. Meanwhile, Lin Heng helped Luo Feng's forces defeat the Black Market, then took Jiang Caiyan to claim part of the seized wealth for their move.

• Meng Yutong denied having someone she liked, but privately wondered why Lin Heng's face came to mind.
• The City Lord's Mansion believed the Garrison Command had left, unaware that the departing troops were heading to reinforce Luo Feng's attack on the Black Market.
• Luo Feng's forces used Prince Qi's Heavenly God Pagoda to suppress the Black Market's fighters, and Lin Heng killed their long-haired leader before he could escape.
• Luo Feng threatened to suppress Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan as suspected members of an evil sect, but backed down because Prince Qi supported Lin Heng.
• Lin Heng told Jiang Caiyan he had negotiated for them to receive part of the Black Market's seized wealth, then led her to collect it.
• The Garrison Command had beaten Black Robe to make its capture of the Blood Moon Cult look convincing, leaving Black Robe as the only one who was injured.

Lin Heng and Jiang Caiyan searched the Black Market’s stores and discovered two boys hiding in chests, one of whom Jiang Caiyan accused of assaulting a Blood Moon Cult disciple. After Lin Heng struck the boy, the two cited a law that limited punishment for people under twenty who had not reached Foundation Establishment, and Lin Heng whispered a possible workaround to Jiang Caiyan.

• Lin Heng found a Sunfall Pill, but Jiang Caiyan recognized its danger, slapped him, and threw it away.
• Jiang Caiyan said she planned to travel southwest with Black Robe, while Lin Heng offered to help her move.
• Lin Heng discovered a boy hiding in a wooden chest, and Jiang Caiyan accused him of assaulting a Blood Moon Cult disciple and injuring two others.
• A second boy emerged from another chest, and the long-haired boy accused the Blood Moon Cult of colluding with the Garrison Command.
• Lin Heng slapped the long-haired boy, who and his companion invoked the law shielding offenders under twenty who had not reached Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Heng whispered an idea to Jiang Caiyan, who wondered aloud whether they could really do it.

Jiang Caiyan killed two captured Black Market youths after asking whether they ate beef, while Lin Heng and the Blood Moon Cult dealt with the aftermath of the raid. After Jiang Caiyan retired to rest, Lin Heng joked with Black Robe, gave him a new mask, and left Distant Peace City.

• Jiang Caiyan killed the long-haired youth after he said he did not eat beef, then killed the short-haired youth despite his claim that he loved eating it.
• Jiang Caiyan and Lin Heng returned to Distant Peace City with three chests of spirit stones from the Black Market.
• After the Blood Moon Cult disciples were released, Black Robe chased Lin Heng with an iron rod until Jiang Caiyan stopped their quarrel.
• Lin Heng gave Black Robe a fifth-grade mask, and Jiang Caiyan went to the nearby inn to rest.
• Lin Heng left after teasing Black Robe and telling him to remember to pay for the wine.

Lin Heng arrived in Swallow Cloud City and learned that Lady Zhao and the Zhao Family had been taken to Dingyang City by people from the Imperial Capital. As he wondered why the Dynasty had taken them, he recognized two familiar figures on the street.

• Luo Feng captured Bureau Chief Zhao, Prefect Sun, and their attendants after wiping out the Black Market.
• Wei Guan and his second brother found Fang Su hanged and the Blood Moon Cult abandoned, then learned that the Garrison Command had arrested its members and taken the City Lord away.
• Lin Heng reached Swallow Cloud City and found the Zhao Family's medical halls and estate closed.
• Xiaolian told Lin Heng that Lady Zhao, the family head, and Steward Liu had left for Dingyang City with people from the Imperial Capital about a month earlier.
• Lin Heng wondered why the Dynasty had taken the Zhao Family, then spotted two familiar figures ahead.

Lin Heng returned to Swallow Cloud City and learned from Mu Xuting that the Zhao Family’s removal by the Dynasty might be linked to the dragon roar caused by his Imperial Dragon Qi. As he pondered the system’s disappearance, Mu Xuting discovered that he and Mu Liuxi were together and pressed him for details.

• Lin Heng visited Mu Xuting at the Mu Family, and she warmly welcomed him despite his having gone to see Lady Zhao first.
• Mu Xuting explained that the Zhao Family was taken away by the Dynasty and warned Lin Heng about the dangerous Hedong Land.
• Mu Xuting connected the Zhao Family’s ancestor being taken a century earlier to a dragon roar in Swallow Cloud City, similar to the one Lin Heng had caused with his Imperial Dragon Qi.
• Lin Heng wondered whether the Imperial Dragon Qi and a strange feeling of being watched had caused his system to disappear, though System Space remained.
• Mu Xuting asked about Lin Heng and Mu Liuxi, and Lin Heng admitted they were together.
• Mu Xuting celebrated the news and asked how far their relationship had progressed, while Lin Heng insisted they were still pure.

Lin Heng collected thirty thousand Spirit Stones from Mu Xuting and went to find his senior sisters, while Meng Yutong felt uneasy about her disciples. Hua Qi told Ye Tian that Meng Yutong knew of his schemes and had agreed to expel him from Fairy Cloud Peak after the Inter-Sect Grand Competition.

• Mu Xuting gave Lin Heng a Storage Pouch containing thirty thousand Spirit Stones and saw him off.
• Lin Heng set out to find his senior sisters, hoping to collect Fifth Senior Sister's treasured handkerchief.
• Meng Yutong discussed countermeasures with Ling Fei and Mu Li, then dismissed questions about Lin Heng as her Rebel Disciple.
• Ye Tian cultivated his Overlord Blood and Wild Bone Body until he was close to the peak of Golden Core.
• Hua Qi told Ye Tian to leave Fairy Cloud Peak after the Inter-Sect Grand Competition because Meng Yutong knew what he had schemed.
• Ye Tian refused to believe Meng Yutong knew and suspected that someone had informed on him.