Chapter Summaries

Gan Mingfeng reached the Hidden Dragon Vein without being suppressed, but could not cross its barrier of Void Chains to reach the Sheji Cauldron. When Mr. Yue attacked Meng Zhao on Third Young Master Bai’s orders, Meng Zhao revealed overwhelming power that led Xu Tingyun to suspect he was the famed Lord of the Northern Meng Dragon King.

• Gan Mingfeng approached the Hidden Dragon Vein unaffected by its pressure, alarming Yu Daoist and the others.
• Gan Mingfeng stopped before the vein’s Void Chains, unable to enter the square space containing the Sheji Cauldron.
• Third Young Master Bai ordered Mr. Yue to seize Meng Zhao so he could be used to restrain Gan Mingfeng.
• Meng Zhao’s Purple True Dragon vortex erased Mr. Yue’s Vital Energy Hands and forced him to step back.
• Xu Tingyun recognized the Dragon Dao Divine Skill and suspected Meng Zhao was the Lord of the Northern Meng Dragon King.

Meng Zhao revealed his identity as the Lord of the Northern Meng Dragon King after gathering secrets from Yu Daoist while disguised as a Seven Star Tower disciple. His presence shocked the group, and Third Young Master Bai feared that Meng Zhao would take the gains he had sought in the Town Evil Golden Hall.

• Lu Hou'er recognized that the young man might be Meng Zhao and considered the influence Meng Zhao would gain through a possible alliance with the Tan Family.
• Lu Hou'er identified Meng Zhao as one of the twin martial peaks of the younger generation, shocking Third Young Master Bai, Mr. Yue, and the others.
• Yu Daoist questioned Meng Zhao about the martial art he had used, then struggled to believe that the seemingly honest disciple was the famed Northern Meng.
• Meng Zhao dispersed the Purple True Dragon vortex, revealed his identity, and explained that concealing it had helped him learn the Middle Ancient secrets from Yu Daoist.
• Third Young Master Bai realized that Mr. Yue might not be able to contend with Meng Zhao and resolved not to let Meng Zhao take the gains in the Golden Palace.

Yu Daoist tried to persuade Meng Zhao to abandon the treasures, but Meng Zhao claimed everything in the Golden Palace for himself. Third Young Master Bai and Yu Daoist urged Mu Yi to subdue the Hidden Dragon Vein before Meng Zhao could act, and Mu Yi finally moved toward it.

• Yu Daoist argued that the Hidden Dragon Vein and Sheji Cauldron belonged to Mu Yi by virtue of his Imperial Sui bloodline and urged Meng Zhao to ally with him instead.
• Gan Mingfeng withdrew from the square space and took shelter beside Meng Zhao, hoping to gain his protection.
• Meng Zhao declared that everything in the Golden Palace belonged to him and warned the others to give up their claims.
• Third Young Master Bai urged Mu Yi to subdue the Hidden Dragon Vein and offered to join forces against Meng Zhao.
• Yu Daoist threatened to support Meng Zhao if Mu Yi continued to hesitate, and Mu Yi began walking toward the Hidden Dragon Vein.

Mu Yi hesitated before entering the Hidden Dragon Vein, unsettled by Meng Zhao’s refusal to stop him. Meng Zhao explained that Yu Daoist’s hostility was being sensed through the Dragon Vein, then challenged Yu Daoist to explain how his ancestor learned secrets unknown even to Mu Yi.

• Meng Zhao watched as Mu Yi approached the Hidden Dragon Vein, while Mu Yi slowed down and asked why Meng Zhao was letting him proceed.
• Meng Zhao praised Mu Yi’s caution and warned that Yu Daoist was plotting against him.
• Mu Yi admitted he distrusted Yu Daoist, and Meng Zhao explained that the Dragon Vein was warning him through the Great Sui Dragon Aura within him.
• Meng Zhao questioned how Yu Daoist’s ancestor had learned secrets of the Hidden Dragon Vein and the Sheji Cauldron that Mu Yi himself did not know.
• Yu Daoist struggled to answer, and Meng Zhao pressed him to reveal how his ancestor had obtained those secrets.

Meng Zhao exposed Yu Daoist’s suspicious identity and then identified Lu Hou'er as another danger to Mu Yi’s plans, saying a powerful force connected to Lishou Mountain and the Hidden Dragon Vein was growing inside him. The group remained uncertain about Lu Hou'er, while Mu Yi trusted his intuition that Yu Daoist posed the greater threat.

• Meng Zhao’s accusations made Mu Yi suspect Yu Daoist might be connected to the Yuwen Family, but Yu Daoist denied wrongdoing and criticized the Yang Family.
• Meng Zhao named Lu Hou'er as the second person who could disrupt Mu Yi’s efforts, stunning the gathered experts.
• Lu Hou'er protested that he had come only as a helper, and Third Young Master Bai questioned how he could pose a threat.
• Meng Zhao said a powerful force was brewing inside Lu Hou'er and tied him to Lishou Mountain and the Hidden Dragon Vein.
• Xu Tingyun connected Meng Zhao’s words to Peng Haibing and Lu Hou'er's strange changes, while Yu Daoist quietly reconsidered Lu Hou'er’s threat.
• Mu Yi said Yu Daoist seemed more dangerous than Lu Hou'er, and Meng Zhao warned him that intuition could be deceptive.

Meng Zhao exposed Lu Hou'er’s hidden power and challenged Mu Yi to yield the Town Evil Golden Hall’s opportunities. Mu Yi weighed the advice to oppose Meng Zhao against his fear of the Dragon King and his duty to the Imperial Sui bloodline, leaving his choice unresolved.

• Meng Zhao’s warning made Mu Yi and the others reconsider whether Lu Hou'er’s power could threaten them, and Third Young Master Bai suspected it was connected to Xingtian’s Head.
• Meng Zhao dismissed Lu Hou'er as a threat if the others stayed alert, then demanded that Mu Yi submit or challenge him for the dragon vein and Sheji Cauldron.
• Yu Daoist and Third Young Master Bai urged Mu Yi not to heed Meng Zhao, hoping he would confront the more familiar rival instead.
• The group’s fear of Meng Zhao’s reputation and martial strength reinforced the pressure on Mu Yi to resist him.
• Mu Yi wrestled with his instincts for self-preservation and his loyalty to the Great Sui Dynasty, unable to decide whether Meng Zhao’s influence would be diminished at Lishou Mountain.

Mu Yi proposed that he and Meng Zhao compete for the Hidden Dragon Vein, and Meng Zhao agreed after exposing Yu Daoist as Yuwen Guang, a descendant of Yuwen Huaji who planned to steal the Imperial Sui legacy. Meng Zhao made Mu Yi prove himself by fighting Yuwen Guang, and Mu Yi attacked with a mysterious power that seemed to come from the dragon vein.

• Mu Yi offered to compete with Meng Zhao for the Hidden Dragon Vein and promised to surrender the treasures in Town Evil Golden Hall if he lost.
• Meng Zhao accepted the contest but said they first needed to deal with Yu Daoist.
• Mu Yi deduced that Yu Daoist was descended from Yuwen Huaji, and Yu Daoist admitted his true name was Yuwen Guang and confessed to plotting to seize the Imperial Sui legacy.
• Yuwen Guang drew his broadsword and challenged Meng Zhao, but Meng Zhao ignored him and told Mu Yi to prove his ability by defeating him.
• Mu Yi attacked Yuwen Guang, and a mysterious force seemed to bless his movements with the dragon vein's authority.

Mu Yi fought Yu Daoist to a standstill until the Hidden Dragon Vein empowered him to temporarily reach the Grandmaster Realm. He prepared to use the Imperial Sui divine skill to kill Yu Daoist.

• Yu Daoist attacked Mu Yi with swordsmanship infused with the True Meaning of Weak Water, while Meng Zhao and the others watched their evenly matched fight.
• By their sixty-third exchange, Mu Yi was about to lose when an azure radiance and a dragon roar let him escape Yu Daoist’s sword.
• Yu Daoist taunted Mu Yi and urged him to surrender to Meng Zhao and hand over the Imperial Sui Relics.
• Mu Yi invoked his ancestors and drew power from the Hidden Dragon Vein, temporarily surpassing the Innate Limit and reaching the Half-step Grandmaster Realm.
• Mr. Yue recognized that Mu Yi’s power came from the Hidden Dragon Vein, while Yu Daoist realized Mu Yi was preparing to use the Sky Without Limit True Scripture.

Yu Daoist revealed that he was Yuwen Guang and used his bloodied sword to draw lightning power from the Hidden Dragon Vein. He confirmed Meng Zhao’s deduction that his family had secretly pursued Imperial Sui’s remaining fortune, then prepared to kill Mu Yi.

• Yu Daoist cut his arm and spread his blood across his broad sword, awakening power in the Hidden Dragon Vein.
• The dragon vein sent lightning into Yu Daoist, raising his combat strength beyond the Innate Realm.
• Gan Mingfeng asked Meng Zhao why Yu Daoist could use the dragon vein’s power, and Meng Zhao linked it to Yuwen Chengdu and the Yuwen Family’s hidden plot.
• Meng Zhao revealed that Yu Daoist had called himself Yuwen Guang and inferred that his family intended to seize Imperial Sui’s remaining fortune.
• Yu Daoist confirmed that his line had passed down the name Yuwen Guang for sixteen generations and declared that he would kill Mu Yi to fulfill his ancestors’ ambition.

Mu Yi and Yu Daoist unleashed inherited powers that elevated them to strength comparable to grandmasters, then clashed in the Evil-Suppressing Void. Meng Zhao watched as their Trump Cards were exposed, leaving him in a position to benefit whichever man prevailed.

• Mu Yi drew on the Hidden Dragon Vein and awakened the Imperial Divine Skill, launching his Yellow Dragon Bursting from Earth at Yu Daoist.
• Yu Daoist formed blue lightning into a qilin and sent it to meet Mu Yi's true dragon, drawing on remnants of the Yuwen Family's inheritance.
• Mu Yi and Yu Daoist's collision filled the hall with destructive shockwaves that forced the spectators to evade or risk serious injury.
• Meng Zhao shattered a shockwave and judged that both fighters had reached power comparable to grandmasters.
• Gan Mingfeng feared that Meng Zhao might have deliberately provoked the clash to expose both men's Trump Cards and remove potential threats.

Mu Yi and Yu Daoist fought through the power drawn from the dragon vein, and Yu Daoist gained the upper hand after their first clash. Mu Yi then unleashed a mysterious imperial sword technique that killed Yu Daoist, leaving the gathered experts stunned.

• Mu Yi and Yu Daoist endured the backlash of their ultimate moves, with Yu Daoist retaining more strength because of Yuwen Chengdu's martial legacy.
• Third Young Master Bai asked Mr. Yue to help Mu Yi, but Mr. Yue refused to risk angering Meng Zhao.
• Yu Daoist pressed his advantage and formed a powerful thunder spear to kill the weakened Mu Yi.
• Mu Yi's yellow true dragon aura became a coiling dragon sword, whose refined swordplay merged into an imperial strike.
• Mu Yi's sword destroyed Yu Daoist's thunder spear and killed him, leaving the spectators unable to understand the sudden reversal.

Mu Yi killed Yu Daoist after the Hidden Dragon Vein’s power took control of his body, and Meng Zhao explained how Yang Guang’s power had overcome Yuwen Guang. Mr. Yue suspected the Sheji Cauldron and Town Evil Golden Hall concealed Yang Guang’s plan to revive himself, leaving the group wary of the hall.

• Yu Daoist’s headless corpse burst apart under the sword aura, and Mu Yi took his broadsword.
• Meng Zhao explained that Mu Yi’s Yang Family bloodline had connected him to the Hidden Dragon Vein, which lent him its power in a moment of danger.
• Meng Zhao said Yuwen Guang’s power collapsed because it came from Yuwen Chengdu, whose loyalty to Yang Guang prevented him from raising his weapon against his former sovereign.
• Mr. Yue told Third Young Master Bai that Yang Guang’s swordsmanship within the Hidden Dragon Vein suggested it contained his memories, spirit, or soul.
• Mr. Yue suspected Yang Guang had prepared the Sheji Cauldron and Town Evil Golden Hall as part of a plan to revive himself.

Meng Zhao dismissed the warnings about the Hidden Dragon Vein and invited Mu Yi to enter it with him. Mu Yi moved through its pressure effortlessly, while Energy Walls gathered and compressed around Meng Zhao.

• Third Young Master Bai, Mr. Yue, Mu Yi, and the others feared the dangers within the Town Evil Golden Hall and wondered whether Meng Zhao would let them leave.
• Mu Yi warned Meng Zhao that the dragon vein and Sheji Cauldron might conceal dangers, but Meng Zhao insisted the opportunities were worth the risk.
• Meng Zhao invited Mu Yi to enter the Hidden Dragon Vein with him, and Mu Yi agreed.
• The onlookers saw Meng Zhao display a more imposing bearing than imperial descendant Mu Yi as the two stood before the threshold.
• Meng Zhao and Mu Yi entered the Hidden Dragon Vein’s pressure; Mu Yi remained at ease, while Energy Walls formed around Meng Zhao and pressed toward him.

Meng Zhao endured the dragon vein’s crushing pressure to temper his strength, then used a mysterious cultivation art to bypass it. Mu Yi realized that Meng Zhao had drawn away part of the dragon vein’s favor, leaving him wondering what the art was and how it connected to the dragon vein.

• Meng Zhao and Mu Yi advanced toward the dragon vein as its pressure intensified, with Meng Zhao remaining far more composed.
• Meng Zhao explained that he was using the dragon vein’s pressure to temper himself and estimated he could take only twenty more steps.
• After twenty steps, Meng Zhao managed three additional steps and said the pressure had strengthened him slightly.
• Meng Zhao released a flame-wreathed divine art that dissipated the pressure around him.
• Mu Yi sensed that part of the dragon vein’s favor had shifted from him to Meng Zhao and wondered what cultivation art had caused it.

Meng Zhao explained how the Red Flag Order and his Dragon Way ultimate skill let him draw on the Hidden Dragon Vein, while Mu Yi and Gan Mingfeng benefited from their own connections to its forces. His companions accepted his advantage, and Mu Yi wondered whether Meng Zhao could use Gan Mingfeng’s support to claim the greater share of the vein’s fortune.

• Meng Zhao revealed that the Red Flag Order resonated with Lishou Mountain’s mountain and river dragon qi, and that his Dragon Way ultimate skill further aligned him with the Hidden Dragon Vein.
• Meng Zhao explained that Mu Yi connected with Great Sui Dragon Qi and Gan Mingfeng with the Fuyu Cauldron, while the vein’s origins also involved Yuwen Chengdu and other forces.
• Third Young Master Bai felt his remarkable origins and knowledge had left him only a minor role, while Mr. Yue was impressed by Meng Zhao’s insight.
• Gan Mingfeng realized the dragon vein favored him and abandoned thoughts of challenging Meng Zhao, hoping instead to prove useful and share in the gains.
• Mu Yi considered asking Meng Zhao about unrestricted Dragon Way techniques but held back, then worried that Meng Zhao could use Gan Mingfeng’s support to dominate the dragon vein’s fortune.

Meng Zhao transformed into a Purple True Dragon and began absorbing the Hidden Dragon Vein’s power and fortune, leaving Mu Yi weakened and uncertain about the danger beneath the opportunity. Mr. Yue and Third Young Master Bai realized that if Meng Zhao succeeded, he would become a living dragon vein and an unprecedented anomaly.

• Mu Yi gave up challenging Meng Zhao, and the two arrived beneath the Hidden Dragon Vein.
• The Hidden Dragon Vein formed a massive blue dragon head with golden pupils as Mu Yi grew fearful.
• Meng Zhao transformed into a Purple True Dragon and flew up to face the dragon vein.
• Meng Zhao’s Martial Dao Divine Charm fused with the dragon head, while Mu Yi felt his fortune and strength decline.
• Mr. Yue explained that Meng Zhao appeared to be absorbing the dragon vein’s power and making himself its true body.
• Third Young Master Bai considered that a successful Meng Zhao might even surpass Shen Tianci.

Meng Zhao devoured the dragon vein’s dragon head, broke through to Great Grandmaster, and gained profound insights into the martial Dao. The remaining dragon vein power and the Sheji Cauldron were still trapped inside the square space, and Monk Cheng Kong asked Meng Zhao to return his lineage’s Sarira if he obtained the cauldron.

• Meng Zhao used the Dragon Swallowing Secret Art to absorb the dragon vein’s power and broke through to Great Grandmaster.
• Meng Zhao transformed back into human form, leaving the onlookers—including Mr. Yue—awed by the immense gulf between them.
• Meng Zhao reflected on the power of Great Grandmasters, the path of Heaven and Man, and the few martial artists who might challenge him.
• The dragon head and surrounding blue substance vanished, but the Void Chains continued to seal the square space and its remaining power.
• Monk Cheng Kong asked Meng Zhao to return the Sarira inside the Town Evil Golden Hall if he obtained the Sheji Cauldron.

Meng Zhao argued that his Buddhist experience and mastery of a supreme Buddhist skill entitled him to use the Seven-Colored Glazed World Purifying Sarira. Monk Cheng Kong accepted Meng Zhao’s claim and, after letting go of his attachment to the relic, deepened his cultivation.

• Meng Zhao reminded Monk Cheng Kong of his ten years of Buddhist study and claimed he could keep the Sarira as a Buddhist practitioner.
• Monk Cheng Kong warned that the Sarira’s profound Buddhist Dharma made it difficult for anyone outside his sect to use.
• Meng Zhao revealed the Immovable Wisdom King Subduing Demon Great Hand Seal, convincing Monk Cheng Kong that he could absorb the Sarira’s Dharma intent.
• Monk Cheng Kong conceded the Sarira and accepted that Meng Zhao might use it to attain Buddhist fruition.
• Monk Cheng Kong let go of his attachment to the relic, and his cultivation advanced another layer.

Meng Zhao recruited Monk Cheng Kong by offering him the Seven-Colored Glazed World Purifying Sarira, and Cheng Kong agreed to serve the Lingwu Meng Family while refusing to kill. The other gathered figures began weighing whether to submit as well, while Third Young Master Bai and Mr. Yue faced a difficult choice.

• Meng Zhao offered Monk Cheng Kong the Sarira if he became an offering guest of the Lingwu Meng Family.
• Monk Cheng Kong said he would serve Meng Zhao but would not take the field to kill enemies.
• Meng Zhao promised not to make Cheng Kong kill or act against Buddhist teachings, and Cheng Kong accepted his offer.
• Gan Mingfeng, Xu Tingyun, Wu Chen, and Min Tao saw Cheng Kong's submission as a likely model for their own choices.
• Third Young Master Bai and Mr. Yue worried that refusing Meng Zhao could be fatal, while accepting would betray the Bai Family and cost them face.

Meng Zhao studied the Void Chains surrounding the square space and deciphered how they worked, while the others learned that the symbols he wrote carried overwhelming insight. He announced that he had completed the task, leaving the chains ready to be unraveled.

• Gan Mingfeng asked Meng Zhao how they could proceed when the Void Chains still blocked the square space, and Monk Cheng Kong and Mu Yi admitted they did not know how to break them.
• Meng Zhao approached the space, assessed the shattered surroundings and Void Chains, and recalled their connection to the Dragon Locking Skill.
• Meng Zhao wrote strange runes in the air, causing the onlookers to spit blood and retreat under the force of the information they conveyed.
• Mr. Yue explained that Meng Zhao was likely comprehending the Void Chains and that their symbols could help someone develop a powerful martial art.
• Meng Zhao declared the task complete after finding the chains' source and key point.