Chapter Summaries

Liang Muqiu confronted You Tiesheng over his betrayal of the Liang Family and refused to let him talk her out of vengeance. She unleashed her saber against him, but his Blood Arhat Vajra Body withstood the attack.

• Liang Muqiu rejected You Tiesheng’s attempt to weaken her resolve and declared that she would kill him to avenge the Liang Family.
• You Tiesheng acknowledged his lifelong regret over what happened but said he would fight back after allowing Liang Muqiu one move.
• Liang Muqiu unleashed Spring Rain Like Oil, sending waves of Green Emperor Longevity Saber qi at You Tiesheng.
• You Tiesheng formed a crimson barrier with the Blood Arhat Vajra Body, and the saber qi only produced ripples without breaking through.
• Liang Muqiu recognized the Blood Arhat Vajra Body as a secret martial art of the Blood Buddha Palace.

Liang Muqiu attacked You Tiesheng with a fierce Green Emperor Longevity Saber technique, but he countered with the Wave-Extinguishing Fist and expelled the lingering saber qi from his body. You Tiesheng then charged at Liang Muqiu with a powerful punch.

• You Tiesheng endured Liang Muqiu's Spring Rain Like Oil with his Blood Arhat Vajra Body.
• Liang Muqiu unleashed a new, deadly saber strike that You Tiesheng feared could pierce his defenses.
• You Tiesheng countered with the Wave-Extinguishing Fist, scattering Liang Muqiu's blade qi but suffering a cut to his hand.
• Liang Muqiu's saber qi spread through You Tiesheng's body, and he forced it out through his injured finger.
• You Tiesheng transformed into a blood-red rainbow and charged at Liang Muqiu, swinging a powerful fist toward her head.

Liang Muqiu fought You Tiesheng in the mountains, using her refined saber arts and newly perfected defenses to gain the advantage. As their battle continued, the Meng Family retainers chose to stay at You Family Manor and search for any survivors rather than follow her.

• You Tiesheng attacked Liang Muqiu with the Wave-Extinguishing Fist, but she countered its force with precise saber techniques.
• You Tiesheng struck at Liang Muqiu with a punch concealing thirty-three layers of dark force, and she blocked it with a curtain of azure saber qi.
• Liang Muqiu used Dragon Return Spin, a defensive saber move adapted from Meng Zhao's scripture, and continued exchanging killing moves with You Tiesheng while holding the advantage.
• Liang Muqiu and You Tiesheng fought their way from You Family Manor into the mountains as You Tiesheng accumulated injuries.
• The Meng Family retainers debated whether to pursue Liang Muqiu, then chose to remain at the manor and search for surviving members of the You Family.

Liang Muqiu let You Tiesheng lead her to a mountain stronghold, where he unleashed the Nine-Nine Earth Dragon Array to trap her. She used a silent Ice Lotus to strike him from behind, leaving him gravely wounded and his array broken.

• Liang Muqiu followed You Tiesheng into the mountains, intending to see what scheme he had prepared.
• You Tiesheng activated the Nine-Nine Earth Dragon Array, summoning eighty-one giant earth pythons to surround Liang Muqiu.
• Liang Muqiu dismissed You Tiesheng’s array and summoned snowfall while remaining beyond its reach.
• An Ice Lotus appeared behind You Tiesheng and erupted into ice blades that struck his back.
• You Tiesheng lost control of the array, spat blood, and crashed to the ground.

Liang Muqiu defeated and killed You Tiesheng with her Mirror Flowers, Water Moon bloodline divine ability, then discovered he had prepared a hidden means to transfer his Primordial Spirit. She uncovered a Blood Coffin beneath the battlefield and found a blood-red teenage figure waiting there.

• Liang Muqiu explained that her divine ability had let her bypass You Tiesheng’s formation and strike him with an avatar, leaving him mortally wounded.
• You Tiesheng died after cursing Liang Muqiu and lamenting that his plans had failed.
• Liang Muqiu severed You Tiesheng’s head and destroyed his body with a palm strike.
• Liang Muqiu revealed that You Tiesheng had cultivated Divine Essence Transference to move his Primordial Spirit into another body.
• Liang Muqiu exposed a cavern beneath the battlefield and found a Blood Coffin topped by a blood-red lingzhi, with a teenage-looking blood-red figure seated on it.

Liang Muqiu discovered that You Tiesheng had transferred his Divine Essence into a youth with the Blood Emperor Physique, but the youth’s soul resisted him and kept control of the body. When the youth sensed Liang Muqiu, he attacked her by stirring her blood essence.

• Liang Muqiu learned that You Tiesheng had prepared a Blood Coffin and Blood Lingzhi to transfer himself into a youth with the Blood Emperor Physique.
• You Tiesheng used Liang Muqiu’s attack to feign death and transfer his Divine Essence into the youth’s body.
• The youth awoke in the underground cavern and struggled between his own soul and You Tiesheng for control of the body.
• Liang Muqiu realized You Tiesheng’s transfer had succeeded, but his Divine Essence could not control or harmonize with the youth’s body.
• The Blood-robed Youth sensed Liang Muqiu, lunged at her, and stirred abnormal movements in her blood essence.

Liang Muqiu fought You Tiesheng, who had taken control of the Blood-robed Youth, and overcame the youth’s extraordinary bloodline abilities. She refused to spare him, believing his immense potential could eventually threaten Meng Zhao.

• Liang Muqiu’s protective qi wounded the Blood-robed Youth, but his Blood Emperor Physique quickly healed him.
• You Tiesheng seized control of the injured youth’s body and unleashed a river of blood before attempting to escape with the Blood Burning Rainbow Technique.
• Liang Muqiu tore apart the blood river and used the Dragon Way Ultimate Skill to destroy the youth’s feet, leaving him kneeling and unable to flee.
• You Tiesheng urged Liang Muqiu to spare him so she could study the youth’s bloodline, but she declared that his extraordinary potential made him too dangerous to leave alive.
• Liang Muqiu resolved to eliminate the youth because she believed he could one day catch up to Meng Zhao.

Liang Muqiu tried to kill the Blood-robed Youth rather than risk letting him grow into a threat to Meng Zhao, but a mysterious Peak Grandmaster intervened to rescue him. Meng Zhao’s Scarlet Dragon Claw destroyed the Youth’s body and returned his Blood Emperor essence blood as a pill, while Liang Muqiu resolved to remember the rescuer’s aura and investigate their possible connection to her family’s killers.

• Liang Muqiu decided the Blood-robed Youth was too dangerous to bring back to the Meng Family and attacked him with her saber qi.
• A mysterious Peak Grandmaster unleashed iron-blooded weapon qi, shattered Liang Muqiu’s attack, and tried to pull the Blood-robed Youth away.
• Liang Muqiu resisted the attack and activated Meng Zhao’s protective Scarlet Dragon Claw to seize the fleeing Youth and his rescuer.
• Meng Zhao’s divine ability crushed the Blood-robed Youth’s body, gathered his Blood Emperor essence blood into a pill, and forced the rescuer to flee.
• Liang Muqiu wondered whether the rescuer was connected to You Tiesheng, the Plainclothes Alliance, or the destruction of her family, and committed his aura to memory.

Liang Muqiu returned to Lingwu City after avenging herself, while Xie Wanzhi continued searching for Yu Changkong and Meng Zhao focused on cultivation and family affairs. Meng Zhao created several lightning-based martial arts before Lü Yue reported that a Grandmaster had arrived at the Hall of Honored Retainers seeking his personal audience.

• A witness surveyed the ruined You Family Manor and resolved to avoid Liang Muqiu after witnessing the power she had displayed.
• Xie Wanzhi searched around Lingwu City for Yu Changkong but found no trace of him.
• Meng Zhao spent his days with his women and Zhao Rulíng while leaving the Meng Family's affairs to its capable subordinates.
• Meng Zhao created a lightning cultivation method, fist art, and movement technique based on his understanding of Thunder Marsh.
• Lü Yue told Meng Zhao that a Grandmaster had killed the head of an aristocratic family hostile to the Meng Family, offered her allegiance, and insisted on meeting him.

Meng Zhao agreed to meet Yu Nanfeng, a beautiful Female Grandmaster who had come to pledge allegiance. Their first meeting left both of them impressed, as Yu Nanfeng considered Meng Zhao's extraordinary presence and confidence.

• Lü Yue told Meng Zhao that the Grandmaster seeking to pledge allegiance was a beautiful woman, and Meng Zhao ordered him to bring her to the courtyard.
• Lü Yue led Yu Nanfeng into the courtyard, where Meng Zhao was struck by her beauty.
• Yu Nanfeng recalled how long she had followed news about Meng Zhao and how Nangong Yao had kept her from meeting him sooner.
• Yu Nanfeng found that Meng Zhao matched the image she had formed of him and was more composed and dominant than anyone she had ever met, even Nangong Yao.

Yu Nanfeng sought refuge with Meng Zhao, who saw through her hidden abilities and pressed her to reveal her motives. She withheld the truth for now, and Meng Zhao accepted her into the Meng Family while giving her a newly created martial art.

• Meng Zhao questioned Yu Nanfeng's reasons for joining the Meng Family and warned that she might harbor ulterior motives.
• Yu Nanfeng expressed admiration for Meng Zhao and claimed she had come to seek his guidance in reaching the Great Grandmaster realm.
• Meng Zhao discerned Yu Nanfeng's Ethereal Physique and challenged her to explain why she needed his guidance.
• Yu Nanfeng hesitated to reveal her danger from Nangong Yao, fearing Meng Zhao would not risk opposing him for her sake.
• Meng Zhao agreed to accept Yu Nanfeng until she was ready to speak honestly and warned that he might leave Meng Family Village.
• Meng Zhao gave Yu Nanfeng his newly created martial art after she joined the Hall of Honored Retainers.

Meng Zhao gave Yu Nanfeng three martial arts manuals as an inducement to join the Meng Family, and she warned him that Xie Wanzhi might be plotting against him. Meng Zhao dismissed her fears, leaving Yu Nanfeng to suspect that he had already gained control over Xie Wanzhi and might not be as injured as the world believed.

• Meng Zhao explained that he gave Yu Nanfeng the manuals to show the Meng Family’s sincerity and secure her service.
• Yu Nanfeng accepted the manuals, gave Meng Zhao her name, and warned him that Xie Wanzhi was dangerous and might attack him.
• Meng Zhao praised Yu Nanfeng’s name and assured her that Xie Wanzhi was a friend, not an enemy, to him and the Meng Family.
• Yu Nanfeng inferred that Meng Zhao might have secretly subdued Xie Wanzhi and questioned whether Meng Zhao was truly injured.

Yu Nanfeng revealed that Nangong Yao was her teacher and that he had a connection to Xie Wanzhi, while Meng Zhao explained his own dealings with both men. Yu Nanfeng realized Meng Zhao might be able to help her escape Nangong Yao’s threat, and the chapter left her hopeful that he would act against him.

• Yu Nanfeng inferred that Meng Zhao had invited Xie Wanzhi to Lingwu City as his target, and Meng Zhao asked whether she knew Xie Wanzhi.
• Yu Nanfeng said her teacher and Xie Wanzhi had been friends, then deliberately asked whether Meng Zhao wanted to know her teacher’s identity.
• Meng Zhao said her teacher and her reasons for joining the Meng Family did not matter as long as she worked for the family.
• Yu Nanfeng named Nangong Yao as her teacher, and Meng Zhao said Madam Xie had hired him to kill Nangong Yao and that Nangong Yao had taught Xie Wanzhi the Chaos Grinding Mill.
• Meng Zhao deduced that Nangong Yao had targeted Yu Nanfeng because of her Special Physique and bloodline, leaving her hopeful that Meng Zhao would deal with him.

Meng Zhao explained why he believed Nangong Yao’s pursuit of the Chaos Body had led him away from the true path of Martial Dao, while Yu Nanfeng warned him that Nangong Yao coveted his bloodline and aptitude. The chapter left Yu Nanfeng wondering whether her Ethereal Physique was essential to Nangong Yao’s plans to complete the Chaos Body.

• Yu Nanfeng asked whether Meng Zhao had guessed Nangong Yao’s intentions or learned them from someone else, and Meng Zhao said he had guessed correctly.
• Yu Nanfeng warned Meng Zhao that Nangong Yao coveted him and could use her Chaos Grinding Mill and Ethereal Physique to absorb his bloodline and aptitude.
• Meng Zhao criticized Nangong Yao for abandoning his former potential and relying on schemes and bloodlines instead of pursuing Martial Dao through his own spirit and comprehension.
• Yu Nanfeng cautioned Meng Zhao that Nangong Yao had cultivated an extremely powerful Primordial Spirit, but Meng Zhao said he regretted Nangong Yao’s choices rather than underestimating him.
• Yu Nanfeng realized Nangong Yao might be using the Chaos Grinding Mill to compensate for the incomplete Chaos Body and wondered whether her Ethereal Physique had a crucial role.

Yu Nanfeng told Meng Zhao she had come to escape Nangong Yao, who wanted to use her Ethereal Physique to repair his incomplete Chaos Body. Meng Zhao agreed to consider helping her and asked what she knew about Nangong Yao’s plans to obtain a Human Dao Supreme Divine Artifact.

• Yu Nanfeng realized Nangong Yao would never release her because her Ethereal Physique might be essential to repairing his Chaos Body.
• Yu Nanfeng confessed that she had proposed using her beauty and dual cultivation to target Meng Zhao, but said she now wanted his help escaping Nangong Yao.
• Meng Zhao said he would help if Yu Nanfeng answered a question to his satisfaction.
• Meng Zhao asked Yu Nanfeng which Human Dao Supreme Divine Artifact Nangong Yao sought and what gave him the means to pursue it.

Meng Zhao learned from Yu Nanfeng why Nangong Yao had invested so heavily in Xie Wanzhi: Xie’s Star Palace inheritance might help Nangong Yao pursue a Human Dao Supreme Divine Artifact connected to the stars. Yu Nanfeng urged Meng Zhao to watch Xie, and Meng Zhao considered which star-related artifacts Nangong Yao might seek.

• Meng Zhao explained why acquiring the Human Dao Supreme Divine Artifact would strengthen his claim to rule the Divine Land.
• Yu Nanfeng confirmed the secret and asked why Nangong Yao would have revealed it to Xie Wanzhi, leading Meng Zhao to suspect deliberate manipulation.
• Yu Nanfeng described Xie Wanzhi’s Myriad Stars Boundless Book inheritance from the Star Palace and suggested Nangong Yao valued him for its connection to the stars.
• Yu Nanfeng told Meng Zhao to watch Xie Wanzhi, since Nangong Yao might use him to seize the artifact.
• Meng Zhao considered the Celestial Instrument, the Meteor Arrow, and Liu Xiu’s Starry Sky Diagram as possible artifacts related to the path of stars.

Meng Zhao considered whether Nangong Yao was seeking the Starry Sky Diagram and realized his bloodline could give him an advantage in claiming the Human Dao Supreme Divine Artifact. He examined Yu Nanfeng for Nangong Yao’s hidden measures and discovered an ominous mark fused with her Primordial Spirit.

• Meng Zhao reasoned that Nangong Yao’s interest in Xie Wanzhi and the Myriad Stars Boundless Book was connected to a Human Dao Supreme Divine Artifact, possibly the Starry Sky Diagram.
• Meng Zhao recognized that his Purple Origin Dragon Body and Flaming Han’s dragon imprint could help him defeat Xie Wanzhi and win the Starry Sky Diagram’s favor.
• Yu Nanfeng asked Meng Zhao what he could do for her, and he examined her with his Primordial Spirit Power to search for Nangong Yao’s hidden measures.
• Meng Zhao found a gray, diamond-shaped mark on Yu Nanfeng’s forehead whose ominous aura had fused with her Primordial Spirit.

Meng Zhao discovered that Nangong Yao had fused a Primordial Spirit Seed into Yu Nanfeng, leaving her vulnerable to his control. He explained that dual cultivation could let him remove the restriction and reshape her martial path, giving her a chance to survive.

• Meng Zhao told Yu Nanfeng that Nangong Yao's Primordial Spirit Seed had merged with her body and spirit essence, and that she would need Primordial Spirit Power to resist his control.
• Yu Nanfeng nearly fell into Qi Deviation, but Meng Zhao steadied her and bluntly warned that her weak state of mind would leave her unable to oppose Nangong Yao.
• Yu Nanfeng abandoned her despair and asked Meng Zhao for any chance to live.
• Meng Zhao said one option was for Yu Nanfeng to cultivate a Primordial Spirit, but admitted she likely lacked the time to do so.
• Meng Zhao proposed dual cultivation, explaining that his Five Elements methods and power of heavenly punishment could break Nangong Yao's restriction.
• Meng Zhao added that he could alter Yu Nanfeng's martial path so that removing the restriction would not leave her crippled.

Meng Zhao promised to alter Yu Nanfeng’s cultivation method so she could escape Nangong Yao’s restriction, and she accepted despite the pain and hardships involved. Their discussion was interrupted by a battle between Xie Wanzhi and the borderlands fiend, and Meng Zhao took Yu Nanfeng to watch.

• Yu Nanfeng trusted Meng Zhao to change the Chaos Returning Void Technique and free her from Nangong Yao’s control.
• Meng Zhao warned Yu Nanfeng that the altered cultivation method would bring severe pain and require unwavering faith, and she agreed to endure it.
• Yu Nanfeng and Meng Zhao noticed the storm and clashing phenomena of a battle between Xie Wanzhi and the fiend near Lingwu City.
• Meng Zhao said the fight was Xie Wanzhi’s final trial and carried Yu Nanfeng toward the battle to observe it.
• The Avengers in Lingwu City watched the battle from the rain and snow, hoping Xie Wanzhi would defeat the fiend and avenge them.

Meng Zhao watched Xie Wanzhi battle Yu Changkong and explained to Yu Nanfeng why Yu Changkong had to die despite his ties to the Great Yong court. As Xie Wanzhi’s victory seemed inevitable, Meng Zhao searched the surroundings for the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord.

• Meng Zhao brought Yu Nanfeng to the mountaintop, where Xie Wanzhi fought Yu Changkong.
• Meng Zhao recognized Yu Changkong’s flaws and judged that Xie Wanzhi would soon find an opening in his fighting.
• Yu Nanfeng questioned whether Yu Changkong came from the Great Yong Army, and Meng Zhao explained that the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord had controlled him.
• Yu Nanfeng suggested capturing Yu Changkong, but Meng Zhao said Xie Wanzhi would take responsibility for the killing and that the Beitang Imperial Clan was already his enemy.
• Meng Zhao stopped watching the battle and used the Eye of Heavenly Punishment to search for the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord.