Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan and Yu Duanxing entered the Overlord Sect’s selection and received the Overlord Body Strength manual, which Zhang Lingshan mastered instantly. Yan Ling became Gui Hong’s disciple, while the other candidates, including Yu Duanxing and Zhou Bufan, continued their test.

• Zhang Lingshan sent Du Lao Er into a Spirit Beast Bag, then joined Yu Duanxing and the others as they traveled to Sky Bird City.
• Yu Duanxing and Zhang Lingshan defeated the first checkpoint’s gatekeeper and entered Hundred Birds Inn.
• Zhang Lingshan passed Zhou Bufan by tapping his leg, causing Zhou Bufan to collapse, but Zhou Bufan concealed what had happened from his master.
• Gui Hong gave Zhang Lingshan and Yu Duanxing the Overlord Body Strength manual, and Zhang Lingshan raised it to Perfection and strengthened his body’s natural defenses.
• Yan Ling quickly grasped Overlord Body Strength, so Gui Hong accepted her as his disciple and named her Yan Ling his Senior Sister.
• Gui Hong gave the remaining candidates manuals and told them to master Overlord Body Strength before sunset, leaving Yu Duanxing embarrassed when he heard he and Zhang Lingshan had arrived earliest.

Gui Hong brought Yan Ling, Zhou Bufan, Zhang Lingshan, and Yu Duanxing to the Overlord Sect after testing their Overlord Body Strength, then taught them during the journey. Zhang Lingshan entered the vast sect city and began considering how to reach Overlord Cave before the competition in half a year.

• Yu Duanxing and Zhang Lingshan passed Gui Hong’s test, while the other recruits failed and were left behind; Gui Hong secretly gave martial arts to the two gatekeepers before leaving with his new disciples.
• On the flight, Yan Ling shared food with the group, and Gui Hong demonstrated how Overlord Body Strength could increase the goshawk’s speed before teaching the disciples its principles.
• Gui Hong revealed that a former Senior Brother had disappeared in Overlord Cave, and Zhou Bufan vowed to bring him back if he was still alive.
• The group reached the immense, mist-shrouded Overlord Sect city, where Gui Hong said a ranking in the Overlord Body Strength competition would earn entry to Overlord Cave in half a year.
• Zhang Lingshan and the others circulated Overlord Body Strength to pass the city gate’s checkpoint, while Zhang Lingshan resolved to find a faster way into Overlord Cave.

Gui Hong reunited with his dying disciple Yao Ganlin, but Zhang Lingshan used White Mist to save him and sustain him. Zhang Lingshan persuaded Gui Hong to help him enter Overlord Cave to rescue Han Ruier and pursue Body Refining, leaving Gui Hong to consider his bold claim that he was already an Overlord Sect disciple.

• Ma Ling told Gui Hong that Yao Ganlin had escaped Overlord Cave poisoned and that Han Ruier and others remained trapped inside.
• Gui Hong rushed to Yao Ganlin, who said the poison had entered his marrow and pleaded with his master to save Han Ruier.
• Zhang Lingshan revealed himself and used White Mist to stabilize Yao Ganlin, then promised that another wisp would sustain him while he recovered.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Gui Hong to take him into Overlord Cave, offering to help rescue Han Ruier and possibly cure Yao Ganlin.
• Gui Hong agreed on the condition that Zhang Lingshan would not harm Overlord Sect, and Zhang Lingshan claimed entering as Gui Hong's disciple would not break the rules.

Zhang Lingshan and Gui Hong joined Pang Bai’s rescue team to enter Overlord Cave, where Gui Hong hoped to find his missing disciple Han Ruier and Zhang Lingshan sought a body-refining treasure. After clashing with Fu Haichuan, they entered at the rear, while Pang Bai and Fu Haichuan secretly planned to stop Zhang Lingshan from gaining benefits.

• Gui Hong learned that the sect’s rescue team was setting out and took Zhang Lingshan to wait for it at Overlord Cave.
• Pang Bai arrived with the rescue team, and Fu Haichuan mocked Gui Hong and his injured disciple Yao Ganlin.
• Zhang Lingshan attacked Fu Haichuan, but Pang Bai struck Zhang Lingshan and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Gui Hong protested Fu Haichuan’s disrespect, and Pang Bai apologized and allowed Gui Hong and Zhang Lingshan to join the team.
• Pang Bai and Fu Haichuan privately discussed preventing Zhang Lingshan from claiming benefits inside Overlord Cave, while Gui Hong suspected Pang Bai had ulterior motives.

Zhang Lingshan and Gui Hong crossed Overlord Cave while Zhang Lingshan refined Overlord Stones and uncovered Pang Bai and Fu Haichuan’s plan to use them as scouts. They found Han Ruier trapped in a mist-filled cave, and the chapter ended with Pang Bai’s Sky-Splitting Fist striking Zhang Lingshan’s chest without harming him, leaving Pang Bai screaming in pain.

• Zhang Lingshan entered Overlord Cave with Gui Hong and discovered that Overlord Stones could strengthen his body, refining them at an astonishing speed.
• Pang Bai told Fu Haichuan that they planned to send Gui Hong and Xiao Shan ahead as scouts if they encountered Han Ruier, while Fu Haichuan and the other disciples collected Overlord Stones to keep them from Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingshan and Gui Hong caught up with the group and saw Han Ruier trapped in a mist-filled cave, where she appeared gravely weakened.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Pang Bai to explain how to break through the danger, but Fu Haichuan attacked him and injured his own fingers against Zhang Lingshan’s hardened body.
• Pang Bai pulled Fu Haichuan back and struck Zhang Lingshan’s chest with his Sky-Splitting Fist, but the blow failed to hurt Zhang Lingshan and left Pang Bai screaming in pain.

Zhang Lingshan defeated Pang Bai’s group, cleared the Strange Wind Mist, and discovered Han Ruier had sealed an Earth Well with her blood. As people emerged from the well, a long-haired youth seized the golden lid and attacked Han Ruier, leaving Gui Hong unable to stop him.

• Zhang Lingshan forced Pang Bai’s disciples to surrender their Storage Bags and made Fu Haichuan drink Weak Water before sending him into the Strange Wind Mist.
• After Weak Water only partly thinned the mist, Zhang Lingshan formed a Blood Shield that drove it away and burned it up, then stored Pang Bai and the other disciples’ corpses.
• Gui Hong treated Han Ruier, and Zhang Lingshan discovered a golden lid with Void Array Patterns beneath the ground where she had sat.
• Gui Hong explained that Han Ruier had used her blood to seal the space below and protect the people trapped in the Earth Well.
• A long-haired youth burst out of the Earth Well, caught the golden lid and stored it, then charged at Han Ruier while Gui Hong struggled to respond.

Zhang Lingshan rescued Gui Hong and Han Ruier from Huo Shaoqian’s poison and pursued him through Overlord Cave, seeking to learn his Void Escape Technique. Huo Shaoqian revealed that he had been injured while trying to harvest the Overlord Cloud Crystal Stone and offered to disclose its location, but Zhang Lingshan remained focused on the escape technique.

• Zhang Lingshan burned away Huo Shaoqian’s poisonous net and defeated his attack with the Life and Death Wheel seal, while Huo Shaoqian escaped using his Void Escape Technique.
• Zhang Lingshan placed Gui Hong and Han Ruier safely inside the Earth Well, then sealed its entrance against Huo Shaoqian’s poisonous smoke and went after him.
• Han Ruier told Gui Hong that Huo Shaoqian had coerced her into guarding the others and that the sect members hiding in the well had become his victims.
• Han Ruier explained that she had entered Overlord Cave to find Yao Ganlin, who had briefly seen her and returned to the sect to seek help.
• Huo Shaoqian offered to reveal where he had found the Overlord Cloud Crystal Stone, but Zhang Lingshan continued pursuing him because he wanted to learn the Void Escape Technique.

Zhang Lingshan confronted Huo Shaoqian in Overlord Cave, learned that the Void Escape Technique came from a treasure Huo Wuye found, and killed Huo Shaoqian after Chen Xiangxue revealed his identity and the technique’s origin. As Zhang Lingshan prepared to leave, Chen Xiangxue urged him to explore deeper into the cave in search of other treasures.

• Huo Shaoqian obscured Zhang Lingshan’s vision, but Chen Xiangxue’s arrival exposed his hiding place and brought her face-to-face with Zhang Lingshan.
• Chen Xiangxue explained that Huo Shaoqian was the illegitimate son of Overlord Sect Master Huo Wuye, whose Void Escape Technique came from a treasure he had found in Overlord Cave.
• After Zhang Lingshan mocked Huo Shaoqian and learned the technique’s origin, he seized Huo Shaoqian by the throat and killed him while Chen Xiangxue let him pass.
• Zhang Lingshan sent Huo Shaoqian’s yin soul into the Nether Palace, thanked Chen Xiangxue, and turned to leave.
• Chen Xiangxue stopped Zhang Lingshan and suggested that deeper parts of Overlord Cave might contain other supreme treasures.

Zhang Lingshan and Chen Xiangxue searched the Earth Well for treasure, where he found an Overlord Jade Stone and used it to refine his body. After seeing his extraordinary cultivation, Chen Xiangxue considered trading her Buddhist Staff for his method, but Zhang Lingshan invited Han Ruier and others to leave the Overlord Sect and follow him, prompting Chen Xiangxue to offer to join him.

• Zhang Lingshan reunited with Gui Hong and Han Ruier, then jumped into the Earth Well to search for treasure while Chen Xiangxue followed.
• Zhang Lingshan and Chen Xiangxue negotiated how to divide any treasures they found.
• Chen Xiangxue's Buddhist Staff revealed an Overlord Jade Stone, and Zhang Lingshan sat on it and refined it with tens of thousands of Overlord Stones.
• Chen Xiangxue tried to imitate Zhang Lingshan's body-tempering method with Overlord Stones but failed, then wondered whether to trade her Buddhist Staff for his cultivation method.
• Zhang Lingshan asked Han Ruier and the others to leave the Overlord Sect and follow him, and Chen Xiangxue immediately agreed to join him.

Zhang Lingshan guided Chen Xiangxue, Han Ruier, and Gui Hong to refine Overlord Stones, helping Chen Xiangxue and Gui Hong make breakthroughs in their cultivation. After the group entered Overlord Cave at night, Chen Xiangxue identified a group of dangerous shadows as the Four Old Men of Red River.

• Zhang Lingshan explained that Overlord Body Strength both protected its cultivators and obstructed them, and Chen Xiangxue released her defenses to refine an Overlord Stone into powder.
• Chen Xiangxue accepted Zhang Lingshan's guidance and left to gather stones, while Han Ruier agreed to follow him and accepted the Golden Yellow Disc and pills.
• Gui Hong recognized Zhang Lingshan as the Demon Suppression Division's Hammer Wielder, then refined an Overlord Stone and realized he was close to breaking through into the Meridian Opening Realm.
• The group gathered Overlord Stones and followed Chen Xiangxue into a small cave to rest for the night, where Gui Hong began cultivating and Chen Xiangxue led Zhang Lingshan outside.
• Zhang Lingshan and Chen Xiangxue saw colored shadows gathered in the mist, and Zhang Lingshan stopped Chen Xiangxue from walking toward them under their influence.
• Chen Xiangxue warned Zhang Lingshan that the shadows were the Four Old Men of Red River.

Zhang Lingshan returned to the mountain cave after the Four Old Men of Red River retreated, then found a copy of the Overlord's Grand Manual and began cultivating it. While absorbing Overlord Cave's spiritual qi and enduring its flying sand and rolling stones, he realized he was close to opening the Origin Mansion.

• The Four Old Men of Red River withdrew when Zhang Lingshan watched them, and Chen Xiangxue concluded they feared him.
• Chen Xiangxue warned Zhang Lingshan that Overlord Cave's upheaval might have begun early, and they returned to the mountain cave.
• Gui Hong completed his breakthrough to the Meridian Opening Realm, and Zhang Lingshan found the missing Supreme Mystery Scripture among Gui Hong's copies.
• Zhang Lingshan gave Gui Hong Pang Bai's Storage Bag and used Energy Points to cultivate the Overlord's Grand Manual, briefly releasing an aura that startled Chen Xiangxue.
• Zhang Lingshan absorbed Overlord Cave's spiritual qi through his pores and realized he was about to open the Origin Mansion.

Zhang Lingshan led Chen Xiangxue, Gui Hong, and Han Ruier into Red River Valley, where his flames cleared the mist and revealed the danger posed by the Four Old Men of Red River. After Chen Xiangxue’s Buddhist Staff stirred the Evil Spirits, Zhang Lingshan insisted the group continue, but an unseen voice interrupted their discussion of how to proceed.

• Chen Xiangxue led the group into Red River Valley, where dark mist obscured their surroundings and separated her from Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingshan unleashed a Fire Dragon that burned away the mist and reunited him with Chen Xiangxue, Gui Hong, and Han Ruier, whose Void Array Patterns had protected them from Evil Spirits.
• Han Ruier explained that she had only partly refined the Void Array Disk, while Zhang Lingshan wondered whether Huo Shaoqian had previously blocked her ability to refine it.
• Chen Xiangxue took out her Buddhist Staff to search for treasures, but its presence stirred powerful reactions from the Evil Spirits, so Zhang Lingshan told her to put it away.
• Gui Hong suggested they leave, but Zhang Lingshan refused and ordered Chen Xiangxue and the others to help search for treasures before proposing they go directly to the Four Old Men of Red River.
• Chen Xiangxue warned Zhang Lingshan against provoking the Four Old Men of Red River, and an unseen voice agreed that she was right.

Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Red River’s water could help him open the Cardia Mansion, so he began refining the river despite the warnings of its unseen guardian. As Chen Xiangxue, Han Ruier, and Gui Hong searched Red River Valley for treasures, Zhang Lingshan unleashed his Flame Dragon techniques beneath the river, and the renewed spectacle left them fearing the return of the Four Old Men of Red River’s Master.

• An unseen old man warned Zhang Lingshan and the others to leave Red River Valley, but Zhang Lingshan dismissed him and stopped Chen Xiangxue, Han Ruier, and Gui Hong from being lured into the Red River.
• Chen Xiangxue protected herself, Han Ruier, and Gui Hong beneath her Ancient Bronze Bowl while Han Ruier worked to refine the Void Array Disk’s restriction.
• Zhang Lingshan burned the Red River Mist into rain and discovered that the fragrance from boiling Red River water stirred his Cardia Mansion.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the Red River and refined its water to open the Cardia Mansion, while the old voice warned him that the river belonged to its Master and eventually fell silent.
• After the mist cleared, Zhang Lingshan sent Chen Xiangxue, Han Ruier, and Gui Hong to search for treasures, then used the Scorching Sun Dragon Illumination Art and Red Cloud True Body to burn the river faster.
• The Red River lit up and produced another rainbow and rainstorm, frightening Chen Xiangxue, who wondered whether the Four Old Men of Red River’s Master had returned.

Zhang Lingshan absorbed the Red River, opened Cardia Mansion, and pulled a Spirit Vein from the dried riverbed before storing it and ordering the others to search the valley. At a gathering of demons, White Demon revealed that the Spirit Vein contained a powerful soul and that taking it had saved Red Demon from certain death.

• Zhang Lingshan drained the Red River into Cardia Mansion, then spotted a milky-white Spirit Vein in the exposed riverbed.
• Zhang Lingshan ignored Gui Hong's warning, pulled the two-li Spirit Vein out of the ground, and stored it in one of his Storage Bags.
• Zhang Lingshan ordered Chen Xiangxue, Gui Hong, and Han Ruier to search the valley for treasure and withdraw.
• Red Demon learned that Red River Valley had been destroyed and tried to leave a meeting, but White Demon blocked him.
• White Demon revealed that the Spirit Vein held a powerful soul and warned that Red Demon would have died if he had tried to take it himself.

After leaving Overlord Cave, Zhang Lingshan stayed on Chen Xiangxue’s peak while Chen warned Huo Wuye that the Four Old Men of Red River might signal an early upheaval. Huo Wuye dismissed her warning, and after learning Chen had taken Han Ruier to her peak, he sent Luo Heiyu to seize Han Ruier under the pretext that she killed Huo Shaoqian.

• Zhang Lingshan left Overlord Cave with Chen Xiangxue, Gui Hong, and Han Ruier, then stayed at Chen’s peak to cultivate and asked her to watch for Du Lao Jiu.
• Chen Xiangxue went to Overlord Peak to report the Four Old Men of Red River, but Huo Wuye seized her when he sensed Huo Shaoqian’s aura on her.
• Chen Xiangxue explained that Huo Shaoqian had been captured by the Four Old Men, warned that the upheaval might come early, and left after Huo Wuye brushed off her concerns.
• Fearing Huo Wuye would interrogate Han Ruier, Chen Xiangxue brought Han, Gui Hong, and Yao Ganlin to Snow Concealment Peak.
• Luo Heiyu learned where Han Ruier had gone and reported it to Huo Wuye, who ordered him to capture Han while claiming she had killed Huo Shaoqian.

Luo Heiyu attacked Snow Concealment Peak under Huo Wuye’s command, demanding that Chen Xiangxue hand over Han Ruier, and provoked her into a losing fight. As Luo Heiyu’s next punch threatened Chen Xiangxue, a burly young man appeared and blocked it.

• Luo Heiyu descended on Snow Concealment Peak and accused Chen Xiangxue of sheltering Han Ruier, whom Huo Wuye blamed for Huo Shaoqian’s death.
• Chen Xiangxue disputed the accusation and fought Luo Heiyu, who overwhelmed her with his close-combat strength.
• Xiang Mingchi and the crowd goaded Chen Xiangxue into fighting head-on, and Luo Heiyu sent her flying and injured her.
• Luo Heiyu displayed Huo Wuye’s command token and demanded Han Ruier, while the Chen Family members were prevented from intervening.
• Luo Heiyu charged at Chen Xiangxue with an iron fist, but a burly young man appeared and blocked his punch.

Zhang Lingshan killed Luo Heiyu while saving Chen Xiangxue, prompting the Chen Family to protect Xiangxue and discuss the threat of Huo Wuye. After learning of his disciple’s death, Huo Wuye set aside revenge for the moment and used his grief and anger to pursue a breakthrough.

• Zhang Lingshan withstood Luo Heiyu’s attacks, then killed him with a precisely controlled punch and refined him into Energy Points on the Panel.
• Chen Xiangxue told her family that Zhang Lingshan disliked noise and withheld details about him and the Spirit Vein.
• Chen Lifeng encouraged Chen Xiangxue to pursue Zhang Lingshan and promised to handle Huo Wuye while she recovered and stayed near him.
• A disciple told Huo Wuye that Luo Heiyu had been killed by an unfamiliar young man, but Huo Wuye calmly dismissed him and returned to cultivation.
• Huo Wuye concluded that Zhang Lingshan’s control suggested corpse refining and resolved to use his grief over his son and disciple to break through and avenge Luo Heiyu.

Zhang Lingshan secluded himself on Snow Concealment Peak to search the Spirit Vein in his Pouch Space, unaware that Xiang Guang’s trapped soul feared being absorbed by it. When Huo Wuye attacked the Chen Family and Zhang Lingshan confronted him, Huo Wuye’s Void Fist damaged Zhang Lingshan’s face, but Zhang Lingshan instantly regenerated it.

• Zhang Lingshan went into seclusion on Snow Concealment Peak and decided to search the Spirit Vein for the hidden presence rather than discard it.
• Xiang Guang realized he was trapped in Zhang Lingshan’s internal space and hoped Huo Wuye would create a chance for him to escape.
• Huo Wuye arrived to punish the Chen Family, ignored its formation, seized Chen Lifeng, and beat him while knocking Chen Lingxiao aside.
• Zhang Lingshan appeared to protect the Chen Family and demanded that Huo Wuye cut off an arm and leave.
• Huo Wuye struck Zhang Lingshan with the Void Fist Technique, but Zhang Lingshan rapidly regenerated his damaged cheek and shocked him.

Zhang Lingshan endured Huo Wuye’s Void Fist Technique, recovered under the Overlord’s Aura, and counterattacked, but Huo Wuye trapped him with Molten Jade Golden Soup and Thousand Mountains Footprint. Xiang Guang’s sudden intervention helped Huo Wuye escape toward Overlord Cave, with Zhang Lingshan in pursuit.

• Huo Wuye battered Zhang Lingshan with countless void-born punches, leaving him badly injured while the Chen Family and onlookers feared his defeat.
• Zhang Lingshan released the Overlord’s Aura, forcing most of the spectators to the ground and making Huo Wuye recognize the Overlord’s Grand Manual.
• Zhang Lingshan used the Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art to repair his wounds, then punched Huo Wuye, only for the apparent target to become Molten Jade Golden Soup that bound his hand.
• Huo Wuye struck Zhang Lingshan with Thousand Mountains Footprint, but Xiang Guang warned him to flee before Zhang Lingshan could unleash his Fire Dragon.
• Huo Wuye fled toward Overlord Cave at Xiang Guang’s urging, and Zhang Lingshan chased him while blaming Xiang Guang for a Divine Consciousness attack that had injured him.

Huo Wuye fled deeper into Overlord Cave on Xiang Guang’s instructions while Zhang Lingshan waited, killed two demons, and continued cultivating. At Red Powder Manor, Red Demon and Bone Demon set out with their followers to confront a powerful attacker slaughtering their people.

• Xiang Guang directed Huo Wuye into Red River Valley and promised to help him find a treasure to rebuild his body, so Huo Wuye resumed fleeing from Zhang Lingshan.
• Zhang Lingshan stopped pursuing Huo Wuye and cultivated while waiting for him to move; Xiang Guang told Huo Wuye to stay hidden until the demons arrived.
• Two demons approached Zhang Lingshan, who killed them instantly and swallowed them into the Nether Palace; Xiang Guang was shocked by his strength.
• At Red Powder Manor, Red Demon and Bone Demon discussed their hopes of gaining human bodies and the obstacles to taking the Nine Provinces Continent.
• A crowd reported that an outsider was slaughtering Red Powder Manor’s followers, so Bone Demon and Red Demon led their people out to confront the attacker.