Chapter Summaries

Su Qing and the other cultivators learned that Leng Feng Xiang had branded Evil Script onto himself, then entered the dangerous One Line Sky passage through the Dwarf Mountain Defense Line. The group was attacked by a swarm of Black Demon Scorpions, and He Lian Xian used his gourd to protect his companions.

• Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian recounted the previous night's events and concluded that Leng Feng Xiang might turn evil because Evil Script was branded on his body.
• He Lian Xian explained that Leng Feng Xiang had once been a servant who obtained a Spirit Pattern Master inheritance and destroyed the Body Cultivator Family he served.
• Ma Tuan led the cultivators to One Line Sky, where they put away their mounts and Puppets before squeezing into the narrow passage.
• Black Demon Scorpions poured from cracks in the cliffs and attacked the cultivators in the middle of the passage.
• He Lian Xian used his Indigo Gourd to suck up scorpions threatening his group, then blamed Liang Hai Shun for failing to warn them about the swarm.

Su Qing and the other cultivators fought through a Black Demon Scorpion swarm and a Red Poison Ant Swarm in the Narrow Crevice, while Su Qing collected roasted ants as food. After both swarms vanished, the group suspected something was wrong and turned to Leng Feng Xiang.

• More than ten thousand Black Demon Scorpions swarmed the group, but He Lian Xian, Qing He, Ma Tuan, and the other cultivators quickly cleared them.
• A massive Red Poison Ant Swarm surged in from both ends of the Narrow Crevice, and the Hundred Treasures Pavilion War Cultivators held it back with fire and force.
• Su Qing discovered that roasted Red Poison Ants made nutritious snacks and asked Guo Qiao Lian, Liang Hai Shun, and others to help collect them.
• The Red Poison Ants stopped appearing after the group had traveled two-thirds of the way through the crevice, leaving Su Qing with years' worth of ant snacks.
• Ma Tuan, Qing He, and the others suspected the two insect swarms were connected to something unusual and turned their attention to Leng Feng Xiang.

Leng Feng Xiang trapped Su Qing and six other Professionals in the Narrow Crevice and launched a sudden attack, hoping to kill them and claim their resources. Su Qing and the others fought back as Leng Feng Xiang revealed his runes and his lucid plan to secure a Blood Lotus Fruit and buy an Exorcism Pill.

• Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian realized Leng Feng Xiang intended to kill Su Qing, Guo Qiao Lian, and themselves in the Narrow Crevice, and the group agreed to stay alert until they could escape.
• Su Qing sent Bee Scout Puppets ahead, and the group reached the exit without another insect attack.
• Rolling Stone Insects formed walls that cut Su Qing, Guo Qiao Lian, Liang Hai Shun, He Lian Xian, Lu Mei'er, and two other Professionals off from Qing He, Ma Tuan, and the War Cultivators.
• Leng Feng Xiang activated the runes branded on his body, shrank himself with Spatial Runes, and tore apart a Spirit Binder as he attacked.
• Su Qing summoned the Gale Cannon Puppets while Liang Hai Shun shielded them with formation flags, He Lian Xian attacked with a scissor-like Magic Artifact, and Guo Qiao Lian fired Spirit Needles.
• Lu Mei'er tried to draw Leng Feng Xiang into a dream, but he remained lucid and planned to kill the seven trapped Professionals to obtain their wealth and pursue a Blood Lotus Fruit.

Leng Feng Xiang attacked the group of four in the Narrow Crevice, but their combined artifacts and He Lian Xian’s Heavenly Thunder Bead brought him down. Afterward, they rescued Shao De Long and divided the fallen enemies’ Storage Bags.

• Leng Feng Xiang killed Lu Mei'er and slammed Shao De Long, protected by his Heavenly Silkworm Armor, into a stone wall.
• Su Qing’s Gale Cannon Puppets wounded Leng Feng Xiang, while the group’s other attacks failed to stop him from scrambling along the walls.
• He Lian Xian threw two Heavenly Thunder Beads, but Liang Hai Shun urged him to recall one when Leng Feng Xiang suddenly became immobilized.
• A thunder blast left Leng Feng Xiang convulsing on the ground, and the four divided the Storage Bags of Lu Mei'er, Leng Feng Xiang, and the Spirit Binder.
• The group pulled Shao De Long from the wall and asked about his Heavenly Silkworm Armor, but he said he owned only that one set.

After rescuing Su Qing and the other Professionals from Leng Feng Xiang, Ma Tuan’s group discovered that Qing He’s party was surrounded by demonic beasts outside the Narrow Crevice. Su Qing unleashed his puppet squads to fight them, delighted at the chance to collect Spirit Crystals and strengthen his body.

• Ma Tuan’s group broke through the insect wall, found Lu Mei’er and a Spirit Binder dead, and thanked Su Qing and the others for surviving Leng Feng Xiang’s attack.
• Su Qing collected Rolling Stone Insect corpses, then helped blast open the front insect wall when the group realized Qing He’s party had gone quiet.
• The group saw that demonic beasts had surrounded Qing He’s party and rushed out of the Narrow Crevice to join the fight.
• Su Qing deployed his puppet squads against two Tier 1 Extreme Demon Kings and more than a hundred Tier 1 demonic beasts, while Liang Hai Shun and the others retreated to the rear.
• Su Qing watched Bear Two bring him captured demonic beasts and celebrated the Spirit Crystals and body-tempering benefits his puppets could earn him.

Su Qing’s puppets helped the Hundred Treasures Pavilion War Cultivators fight demon beasts, but Bear Two began stealing their kills. Su Qing discovered Bear Two had developed self-awareness, warned it to stop stealing, and ended the chapter arguing with Ma Tuan while Bear Two whistled along.

• The Hundred Treasures Pavilion War Cultivators welcomed Su Qing’s puppet squads, then grew angry when Bear Two carried off demon beasts they had killed.
• Li Daqun accused Su Qing of stealing the War Cultivators’ prey, and Su Qing reluctantly let him take a demon beast corpse.
• Su Qing watched Bear Two steal another cultivator’s kill and realized the puppet had developed self-awareness and a taste for theft.
• Su Qing scolded Bear Two, told it not to steal other people’s prey, and pointed out the Hiding Cave on its chest.
• Ma Tuan criticized Su Qing over Bear Two’s behavior, but Su Qing argued back and Bear Two whistled at Ma Tuan until he conceded.

Su Qing and the others reached Black Tiger Mountain, where Hundred Treasures Pavilion prepared to confront the Black Mountain Tiger and seize the Blood Lotus Fruit. After scouting the mountain, Su Qing warned Qing He about hidden Shadow Leopards, and the group continued toward the battle with other rivals lurking nearby.

• After two days of travel, Su Qing’s group reached Black Tiger Mountain, where the Blood Lotus Fruit’s fragrance filled the air.
• Qing He stated that the group’s hired cultivators only needed to help kill the Black Mountain Tiger, while Liang Hai Shun revealed eighteen arrays placed across the mountain.
• Su Qing stored the Armored War Bears, sent out his Bee Scout Battlecraft, and spotted Rogue Cultivators, three Shadow Leopards, and a Two-headed Falcon near the summit.
• Su Qing warned Qing He that the Shadow Leopards were concealed nearby, and she quietly discussed the discovery with Ma Tuan and the others.
• As the group prepared to climb, Su Qing wondered whether his Sky Team and Explosive Hammer Squad could withstand the dangers ahead.

Su Qing, Guo Qiao Lian, Liang Hai Shun, and He Lian Xian prepared for the fight over the Blood Lotus Fruit, with Liang Hai Shun urging caution and self-preservation. After reaching Black Tiger Mountain, they joined Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s forces inside layered arrays and settled into a defensive position.

• Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian warned Su Qing and Guo Qiao Lian to avoid reckless fighting, preserve their lives, and keep some Puppets and the White Tooth Elephant in reserve.
• The group crossed the hill and reached the summit of Black Tiger Mountain, where the Blood Lotus Fruit was expected to ripen in three days.
• At Qing He’s request, Liang Hai Shun activated a simplified Cloud Soaring Array around the Blood Lotus Tree.
• He Lian Xian explained that Hundred Treasures Pavilion’s checkpoint was protected by the array, and the group chose a position away from the tree but near the path down the mountain.
• Liang Hai Shun planted four Array Devices around the group, forming a Heavenly Yellow Earth Array.

Su Qing and the others prepared to defend the Blood Lotus Tree, but the Black Mountain Tiger arrived with a huge force of demonic beasts. As the Tiger King's roar shattered most of the Tier 1 formations, Su Qing watched Qing He and Ma Tuan, waiting to see how the Hundred Treasures Pavilion would face it.

• Liang Hai Shun explained his Tier 1 Extreme formation while the cultivators set out their weapons, beasts, and defensive artifacts.
• Su Qing reviewed the remaining Professionals and the Hundred Treasures Pavilion's War Cultivators guarding the Blood Lotus Tree.
• The Black Mountain Tiger appeared with more than a hundred demonic beasts, including four Tier 1 extreme beasts and over eighty other Tier 1 beasts.
• The Tiger King's roar destroyed most of the formations blocking the mountain path, and its forces reached the mountaintop.
• He Lian Xian feared the defenders could not hold, while Liang Hai Shun urged the group to wait; Su Qing looked to Qing He and Ma Tuan for the Pavilion's trump card.

Ma Tuan, Qing He, and Li Hai Lang’s forces fought off the demonic beasts while the Blood Lotus Fruits were ripened early. As the Black Mountain Tiger advanced on the array, the War Cultivators fell back, leaving Qing He, Ma Tuan, and the Sword-Human Puppet to face it.

• Li Hai Lang revealed his Robber Cultivators and agreed to fight the demonic beasts after Qing He offered them the Golden Armor Array.
• Ren Yuan used Spiritual Liquid to ripen the Blood Lotus Fruits early, prompting the Black Mountain Tiger to lead its beasts into battle.
• Li Hai Lang and his Robber Cultivators held off the beasts, while the Black Mountain Tiger advanced toward the Professionals.
• Su Qing used his Azure Cloud Fan to ease the tiger’s pressure, and Lin Jiayun’s zither music weakened it further.
• The Black Mountain Tiger evaded the War Cultivators’ net and struck several of them down; Su Qing sent a Lizard Warrior to Guo Qiao Lian to treat the injured, and the War Cultivators retreated.

Ma Tuan, Qing He, and their allies fought the Black Mountain Tiger, but its hidden Winged White Tiger partner turned the battle against them. Su Qing sent his powerful puppets to hold off the White Tiger as the others tried to survive.

• Ma Tuan, Qing He, and the Sword-Human Puppet attacked the Black Mountain Tiger, while He Lian Xian used a magic artifact to strengthen Ma Tuan.
• Qing He summoned the Azure White Sheep, which distracted and briefly controlled the Tiger King so twenty-eight Gale Cannon Puppets could wound it.
• The Black Mountain Tiger broke free, and the Professionals joined the siege, hoping to claim its blood and meat.
• A Winged White Tiger appeared and helped the Black Mountain Tiger overwhelm the fighters, prompting several Professionals to retreat.
• Su Qing deployed four Explosive Hammer War Bears alongside his Battle Bears and Dual-Blade Lizards to charge the White Tiger, while the others pleaded for his help.

Su Qing and the Professionals helped the Hundred Treasures Pavilion War Cultivators defeat the Silver-Winged White Tiger after the Black Mountain Tiger fell. The survivors thanked one another, but the chapter ended with them weighing how to divide the valuable tiger corpses.

• Su Qing's Explosive Hammer War Bears and the Professionals held off the Silver-Winged White Tiger, while self-destructing Dual-Blade Lizards injured it from within.
• Bear One and Bear Three restrained the White Tiger as Gale Cannon Puppets blasted it, preventing it from reaching the Black Mountain Tiger.
• Qing He, Ma Tuan, and the other War Cultivators killed the Black Mountain Tiger, while the Azure White Sheep was swept away by a spatial vortex.
• Su Qing, the War Cultivators, and the Professionals fought for about half an hour before the Silver-Winged White Tiger fell.
• Li Hai Lang celebrated the victory, and Qing He and Ma Tuan thanked Su Qing, Liang Hai Shun, and the other Professionals.
• Su Qing proposed that the War Cultivators take the Black Mountain Tiger and his group take the Silver-Winged White Tiger, prompting everyone to consider the value and division of the spoils.

After the battle with the Silver-Winged White Tiger, Su Qing secured a share of the spoils and claimed the Black Mountain Tiger bones. Liang Hai Shun, He Lian Xian, and Guo Qiao Lian then offered to help him obtain the Blood Lotus Fruit, leaving the price of their aid under negotiation.

• Ma Tuan and Qing He agreed to give Su Qing the Silver-Winged White Tiger, and the Professionals divided the tigers’ spoils with him.
• Su Qing claimed the Tier 2 Demonic Core, one hundred catties each of tiger meat and blood, and the Cloud Sky Silver Wings before heading to the War Cultivators.
• Qing He tried to claim the Black Mountain Tiger bones, but Su Qing reminded her of their agreement and took the bones.
• Liang Hai Shun asked whether Su Qing intended to contend for the Blood Lotus Fruit, and he, He Lian Xian, and Guo Qiao Lian offered to help.
• Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian asked for a Dual-Blade Lizard in exchange for their help, and Su Qing agreed only if the Blood Lotus Fruit came into his hands.

After the Black Tiger’s blood ripened the Blood Lotus Fruits, Ma Tuan, the Lang Tian Gang, and Su Qing’s group competed for them. Three hidden Shadow Leopards emerged, and the Professionals attacked them as they tried to flee.

• The Blood Lotus Tree absorbed the Black Tiger’s blood, and the three factions prepared to compete for its fruits.
• Ma Tuan moved to seize a fruit as three Shadow Leopards suddenly attacked from hiding.
• Qing He used Invisibility Breaking Powder to expose the Shadow Leopards and strip away their ability to hide in shadows.
• The Shadow Leopards charged at the Lang Tian Gang, and Li Hai Lang let them pass rather than get caught fighting them.
• The Shadow Leopards tried to flee past the Professionals, who attacked, eager to claim the valuable parts of their bodies.

The Professionals defeated the three Shadow Leopards, then fought Ma Tuan's Hundred Treasures Pavilion group and Li Langtian's Lang Tian Gang over the third Blood Lotus Fruit. Su Qing's puppets and Qing He's betrayal gave his side an advantage, but the battle for the fruit continued.

• The Professionals trapped and killed two Shadow Leopards, while Pang Feifan captured the smallest one with a Beast Ring.
• Su Qing told Lin Jiayun and Ren Yuan to save the leopard skeletons, then watched Ma Tuan claim the first two Blood Lotus Fruits for the Cloud Mountain Sect and Hundred Treasures Pavilion.
• Ma Tuan and Li Langtian's groups clashed over the third fruit; Ma Tuan's strength rose as he fought off Su Qing's beasts, while the other combatants battled his brothers.
• Su Qing's Hummingbird Puppets dropped Explosive Stones on Ma Tuan's War Cultivators, and Qing He rejected Ma Tuan's plea for help before attacking his group with Gale Slashes.
• Su Qing's Bee Scout Machines destroyed a spell cultivator's Spiritual Energy Birds, and his Interceptor Puppet killed the cultivator with Gale Blades.

Su Qing and his allies defeated the Robber Cultivators’ attempt to seize the last Blood Lotus Fruit, and a Wind Sword Falcon secretly carried it off for him. The groups stopped fighting, but Li Hai Lang left with a threat against Su Qing.

• The Professionals marveled at Su Qing’s Hummingbird and Interceptor Puppets, but he refused to sell them.
• Tang Wanqing charged into the Robber Cultivators with support from Liang Hai Shun and He Lian Xian, disrupting their formation.
• When Robber Cultivators tried to reach the Blood Lotus Tree, Su Qing’s Interceptor Puppets shot them down.
• A Wind Sword Falcon snatched the Blood Lotus Fruit, and Su Qing pretended to be furious while the Professionals helped conceal his success.
• With the fruit gone, Ma Tuan’s group withdrew, while Guo Qiao Lian and Su Qing offered paid treatment to the injured War Cultivators.
• Li Hai Lang threatened Su Qing before leaving, then slapped an underling who pointed out that Su Qing’s puppets made him dangerous even alone.

After helping Qing He recover the Blood Lotus Heart, Su Qing faced the Lang Tian Gang’s return as they fled from Evil Entities led by the transformed Leng Feng Xiang. The chapter ended with Su Qing preparing his War Bears to confront the threat.

• Su Qing helped Qing He uproot the Blood Lotus Tree and learned she was a Lotus Spirit seeking its Blood Lotus Heart.
• Qing He claimed the Blood Lotus Heart while Su Qing and Ma Tuan refrained from challenging her for it.
• The Lang Tian Gang returned to the mountaintop in panic, reporting that Evil Entities were pursuing them.
• Su Qing spotted the corrupted Leng Feng Xiang through his Bee Scout Puppet and placed an Evil Suppressing Talisman on each of four Explosive Hammer War Bears’ War Hammers.

Su Qing and the cultivators faced Leng Feng Xiang, who had become a powerful evil entity, as his puppets fought to hold him back. After the first puppet force was nearly destroyed, Su Qing stepped onto the front line and confronted Leng Feng Xiang.

• Su Qing gathered the cultivators’ Exorcism Talismans and sent his puppets to fight Leng Feng Xiang, while preparing more puppets with talismans.
• Leng Feng Xiang used stolen abilities and demonic-beast transformations to overwhelm the puppets, leaving only Jinxing Big Hammer and Jinxing Three Hammers from the first force still able to fight.
• Qing He deployed the Sword-Human Puppet to help hold Leng Feng Xiang back, while Li Hai Lang and several Robber Cultivators fled toward the eastern side of the mountain.
• Liang Hai Shun persuaded He Lian Xian to stay because he trusted Su Qing’s plan for the Exorcism Talismans.
• As the remaining puppets suffered severe damage, Su Qing finally advanced, and Leng Feng Xiang demanded that he hand over the fruit.

Su Qing and the other cultivators destroyed the Evil Demon with repeated blasts, while his Merit Wooden Fish unexpectedly purified its Corrupt Mark and revealed a powerful Dao Pattern. The chapter left Su Qing discovering the Essence Transformation Hand and planning to acquire every Merit Wooden Fish he could find.

• Su Qing sacrificed waves of Lizard Warriors and other Puppets to weaken the Evil Demon, then the other cultivators joined the bombardment.
• Ma Tuan warned that Leng Feng Xiang’s destruction had freed the Evil Entity, so the cultivators sent their own talisman-equipped Lizard Warriors into the crater.
• Su Qing and the cultivators unleashed another barrage until the Evil Demon stopped regenerating, leaving a Corrupt Mark at the crater’s bottom.
• Su Qing’s thirty-six Wood Spirit Servants unexpectedly shone with Buddhist light as their Merit Wooden Fish sounded, purifying the Corrupt Mark until it vanished.
• Su Qing discovered that the Corrupt Mark had concealed the Ten Capitals Dao Pattern Essence Transformation Hand, which could transform another cultivator’s Profound-grade or lower Dao art into his own.
• Su Qing realized his Wood Spirit Servants had become High Buddhist Cultivators and resolved to buy every Merit Wooden Fish in the Hundred Treasures Small Shop.

After the cultivators defeated the Evil Entity, Su Qing weighed his heavy Puppet losses against gaining a Dao Pattern. As they prepared to leave Black Tiger Mountain, Li Hai Lang and the surviving Robber Cultivators returned, warning that a Demoness was approaching, but Su Qing had already disappeared.

• Ma Tuan thanked the cultivators for defeating the Evil Entity and promised that the War Cultivators would help if danger arose again.
• The cultivators praised Su Qing, who mourned his costly losses before seeking comfort from Tang Wanqing and Guo Qiao Lian.
• After the Blood Lotus Tree was consumed, the cultivators prepared to descend Black Tiger Mountain as night approached.
• Li Hai Lang and a few surviving Robber Cultivators rushed up the mountain and warned that a Demoness was coming.
• Ma Tuan fled with the War Cultivators, and Shao Delong urged everyone to rely on Su Qing, but the cultivators discovered Su Qing had vanished.