Chapter Summaries

Xia Wuji and Bai Ye reached Qingcheng and were confronted at the gates by Luo Hai and Shen Xiu of the Myriad Law Sect, who sought to humiliate the Sun Moon Sect’s new Main Altar Holy Son. After learning he could fight as long as he did not kill anyone, Xia Wuji accepted the provocation and prepared to answer it.

• Xia Wuji and Bai Ye arrived at Qingcheng, where they found Luo Hai and a group from the Myriad Law Sect waiting for them.
• Luo Hai and Shen Xiu challenged Xia Wuji, while the Myriad Law Sect’s disciples and spectators mocked him and praised Liu Xiao.
• Bai Ye urged Xia Wuji to ignore the challenge and enter the city, but the taunts continued and spread rumors that Xia Wuji was a weak puppet.
• Xia Wuji recognized that people within the Sun Moon Sect had leaked his arrival and asked Bai Ye what rules governed fighting in Qingcheng.
• Bai Ye said Xia Wuji could fight if he did not kill anyone, and Xia Wuji declared that he would use the Myriad Law Sect members to welcome himself into Qingcheng.

Xia Wuji defeated Shen Xiu with his three flying swords, but Elder Luo Hai ordered the Myriad Law Sect disciples to attack him together. As Bai Ye and Luo Hai prepared to clash, Xia Wuji drew the Jinghong Sword and faced the group.

• Zhou Da told Liu Xiao to let Xia Wuji suffer further humiliation before making his move to replace him as Main Altar Holy Son.
• Shen Xiu challenged Xia Wuji and attacked him, but he sent out Huo Xin, Blazing Embers, and Lost Life to overwhelm and badly wound her.
• Luo Hai ordered the Myriad Law Sect disciples to attack Xia Wuji while Shen Xiu still occupied his flying swords.
• Bai Ye moved to intervene, but Luo Hai matched his power and prepared to stop him.
• Xia Wuji told Bai Ye not to worry, drew the Jinghong Sword, and faced the charging disciples.

Xia Wuji defeated Shen Xiu and the Myriad Law Sect disciples at Qing City's gates, only for Lin Jue of the Sky Eagle Sect to challenge him over his past injuries to Xu Ruolin and Huang Hao. Xia Wuji answered by killing Lin Jue's Blood Clawed Grey Eagle and sending Lin Jue crashing toward the ground.

• At Luo Hai's command, Myriad Law Sect disciples attacked Xia Wuji, but he used One Sword, Yin Yang Tribulation to overwhelm them and defeat Shen Xiu.
• Xia Wuji mocked the defeated Myriad Law Sect, while Luo Hai, Zhou Da, and Liu Xiao watched their attempt to disgrace him backfire.
• Lin Jue arrived with Sky Eagle Sect disciples and demanded that Xia Wuji apologize to Xu Ruolin and Elder Xu Wen, citing their past conflict.
• Zhou Da planned to exploit the dispute between Xia Wuji and the Sky Eagle Sect to damage Xia Wuji's standing and help Liu Xiao regain his status.
• Xia Wuji accepted Lin Jue's challenge, and a streak of golden light killed Lin Jue's Blood Clawed Grey Eagle and sent Lin Jue flying toward the ground.

Xia Wuji entered Qing City after Pengfei routed Lin Jue and the Sky Eagle Sect disciples, then confronted the Sun Moon Spirit Market’s management after they ignored his arrival. He ended the chapter by asking who Zhou Da was, as the gathered managers watched him with contempt.

• Pengfei killed Lin Jue’s Blood Clawed Grey Eagle and intimidated the Sky Eagle Sect’s beasts, leaving Lin Jue badly injured.
• Bai Ye praised Xia Wuji’s arrival in Qing City and escorted him into the city, while Zhou Da plotted to use the Sky Eagle Sect against him.
• A Third Branch Altar steward gave Xia Wuji a letter detailing his investigation of Zhou Da and the Sun Moon Spirit Market.
• Xia Wuji and Bai Ye entered the Sun Moon Spirit Market, where no one welcomed them.
• Xia Wuji ordered the market’s management to gather in the main hall and waited as they arrived and eyed him with disdain.
• Xia Wuji read the letter, looked over the gathered managers, and asked who Zhou Da was.

Xia Wuji confronted the Sun Moon Spirit Market’s leaders over their refusal to welcome him and exposed Lu Chong’s alleged crimes. The chapter ended with Xia Wuji summoning Zhang Sheng to present evidence and demand justice.

• Yao Chao claimed Zhou Da was seriously injured and Lu Yan was away, while Xia Wuji declared he would take charge of the Sun Moon Spirit Market.
• Xia Wuji summoned Lu Chong, who arrived disrespectfully and tried to leave after refusing to apologize.
• Xia Wuji used his flying sword to tear open Lu Chong’s legs when he ignored the order to stop.
• Xia Wuji accused Lu Chong of embezzling talisman profits and ordering the slaughter of Zhang Sheng’s family to silence a report.
• Lu Chong and Yao Chao denied the accusations, so Xia Wuji called Zhang Sheng forward to reveal his evidence.

Xia Wuji arrested Lu Chong after Zhang Sheng accused him of embezzlement, selling talisman secrets, and murdering Zhang Sheng’s family, then killed the guard captain who defied his order. As Lu Yan came to meet Xia Wuji in the dungeon, Xia Wuji prepared to keep his promise to Zhang Sheng rather than bargain with Lu Yan.

• Zhang Sheng presented evidence against Lu Chong and accused him of stealing funds, leaking talisman secrets to the Myriad Law Sect, and killing Zhang Sheng’s family.
• Xia Wuji ordered Lu Chong imprisoned, killed the guard captain who refused to obey, and declared that no one would be spared for committing an offense.
• Zhang Sheng begged Xia Wuji not to let the matter end in a political bargain, and Xia Wuji promised that everyone who deserved to die would die.
• Yao Chao and the others told Zhou Da about Xia Wuji’s actions, and Zhou Da said the detention and execution were defensible under the rules.
• Lu Yan asked Zhou Da how to rescue Lu Chong, and Zhou Da sent him to meet Xia Wuji while instructing him not to agree to anything.
• At the dungeon, Bai Ye suggested using Lu Chong to win Lu Yan over, but Xia Wuji said Lu Yan would expect a bargain and would come to meet him.

Xia Wuji forced Lu Chong to confess to the murder of Zhang Sheng’s household, then killed Lu Chong and Lu Yan after Lu Yan intervened. Zhou Da’s plan to use Lu Yan as a spy collapsed when he learned that Lu Yan had been killed.

• Xia Wuji used his Sword Intent to make Lu Chong confess that he had hired assassins from the Seven Kill Hall to murder Zhang Sheng’s household, while Lu Chong said Lu Yan knew about his actions but had not ordered them.
• Xia Wuji moved to execute Lu Chong, and Lu Yan rushed in and struck at Xia Wuji’s sword; Xia Wuji called him a prison-breaker who had attacked the Holy Son, and Bai Ye killed him.
• After Lu Chong mourned his father and threatened Xia Wuji, Xia Wuji killed him and ordered the guards to report Lu Chong’s confession to Zhou Da.
• Zhou Da, Liu Xiao, and Yao Chao discussed using Lu Yan as a spy inside Xia Wuji’s faction, believing Lu Yan would return with information.
• A messenger reported that Lu Yan had attacked Xia Wuji and been killed by Bai Ye, leaving Zhou Da, Liu Xiao, and Yao Chao stunned.

After Xia Wuji killed Lu Yan and Lu Chong, he moved to take control of the Sun Moon Spirit Market’s talisman business and planned to challenge Zhou Da’s faction over its more important pill business. Zhou Da called on Yao Chao to act, and the chapter ended with Yao Chao claiming a furnace accident had left him unable to refine pills for months.

• Zhou Da learned that Xia Wuji had killed Lu Yan and Lu Chong, blamed Xia Wuji for setting a trap, and ordered Yao Chao to step in.
• Zhang Sheng thanked Xia Wuji for avenging his family, and Xia Wuji appointed him to oversee the market’s talisman business and gave him new talisman methods.
• Zhang Sheng told Xia Wuji that taking control of the pill business would be essential and recommended contacting former Chief Alchemist Lin Meng.
• Bai Ye promised to support Xia Wuji as long as he stayed within the rules.
• A guard reported that Yao Chao’s furnace had exploded and that he would be unable to refine pills for several months, but Xia Wuji dismissed the injury as an excuse.

Xia Wuji uncovered Zhou Da and Yao Chao’s plan to cripple the Sun Moon Spirit Market by withholding its contracted pills, then devised and refined stronger replacements. When the merchants arrived demanding delivery or compensation, Xia Wuji went to face them.

• Zhou Da claimed his injuries had worsened and handed the Sun Moon Spirit Market’s affairs to Xia Wuji, while Yao Chao stopped refining pills for several months.
• Zhang Sheng warned Xia Wuji that the market lacked enough Golden Origin Pills and Vast Soul Pills to fulfill its contracts, and Xia Wuji ordered medicinal ingredients instead of seeking Lin Meng’s help.
• Yao Chao met Zhou Da and Liu Xiao, revealing their plan to make Xia Wuji fail the deliveries and lose his position; Zhou Da admitted he had used Lu Chong to connect with the Seven Kill Hall.
• Xia Wuji studied the pills, deduced and simplified their formulas, then refined stronger versions called the Great Golden Origin Pill and Great Vast Soul Pill.
• Zhang Sheng reported that the merchants had arrived demanding compensation or an end to their cooperation, and Xia Wuji went to meet them.

Xia Wuji faced customers demanding compensation for Sun Moon Spirit Market’s delayed pill deliveries and agreed to terminate Song Tianbao’s contract. He then revealed stronger replacement pills, winning over the other customers while Song Tianbao was expelled.

• Song Tianbao demanded compensation and an end to his cooperation with Sun Moon Spirit Market, while Zhou Da’s allies waited for Xia Wuji to mishandle the dispute.
• Xia Wuji acknowledged the delivery failures, agreed to compensate Song Tianbao according to the contract, and had him sign a termination agreement.
• Xia Wuji announced that the Great Golden Origin Pill and Great Vast Soul Pill were thirty percent more effective and would be sold to new contract partners at the original prices.
• Yu Min tested the new pills and agreed to sign a new contract, prompting the other customers to seek new agreements with Xia Wuji.
• Song Tianbao tried to inspect the pills, but Xia Wuji declared that his contract had ended and ordered the guards to throw him out.

Xia Wuji won over the Sun Moon Spirit Market’s pill merchants with his enhanced pills, secured large deposits, and moved to recruit the retired alchemist Lin Meng. Zhou Da’s faction then planned to buy up the ingredients Xia Wuji needed, pooling their own funds to sabotage his first delivery.

• The pill merchants abandoned their support for Song Tianbao, signed new contracts with Xia Wuji, and paid him deposits totaling 1.9 million Origin Stones.
• Xia Wuji ordered Zhang Sheng to buy medicinal ingredients quickly and to offer Lin Meng the chance to return as chief alchemist in exchange for the new pill-refining methods.
• Song Tianbao complained to Zhou Da, Liu Xiao, and Yao Chao after losing his position in the pill business.
• Yao Chao proposed secretly stockpiling the ingredients for Xia Wuji’s pills so he could not meet his first delivery deadline.
• Zhou Da, Yao Chao, Liu Xiao, and Song Tianbao agreed to pool their funds to undermine Xia Wuji.

Xia Wuji countered Zhou Da and his allies’ effort to monopolize medicinal ingredients by turning to Azure City’s sixth-level Pill Pagoda. He also enlisted Lin Meng’s help while arranging for Bai Ye to watch over Lin Meng’s kidnapped grandchildren, and the chapter ended with Yao Chao setting out to drive Xia Wuji from the Pill Pagoda.

• Zhang Sheng reported that Zhou Da’s allies had driven up the prices of medicinal ingredients, and Xia Wuji told him to keep purchasing only a small amount while giving Lin Meng the pill-refining methods that produced only pill embryos.
• Zhang Sheng explained that Lin Meng was secretly helping Xia Wuji in hopes of rescuing his kidnapped grandchildren, and Xia Wuji asked Bai Ye to watch Lin Meng’s side and intervene if Zhou Da and Yao Chao threatened the hostages.
• Xia Wuji decided to seek medicinal ingredients from Azure City’s sixth-level Pill Pagoda, which Zhou Da’s allies could not easily influence.
• Zhou Da gave Song Tianbao another four and a half million Origin Stones to continue buying medicinal ingredients, while promising to gather five million more within three days.
• After learning Xia Wuji had gone to the Pill Pagoda, Yao Chao said he would use his acquaintance there to force Xia Wuji out in humiliation.

Xia Wuji visited the Pill Pagoda to meet Pagoda Master Luo Chuan and seek his help in taking control of the Sun Moon Spirit Market. Yao Chao and Han Shi arranged for Han Shi’s disciple Lin Xiong to frame Xia, but their scheme began to unravel when Lin Xiong’s men knelt in fear.

• Xia Wuji met Guard Commander Ye Yun at the Pill Pagoda and asked to see Luo Chuan.
• Yao Chao persuaded Han Shi to target Xia and sent Lin Xiong to the VIP reception room with orders to invent an offense.
• Luo Chuan welcomed Xia and offered to help him take control of the Sun Moon Spirit Market.
• Lin Xiong burst into the reception room, planted a fifth-grade Spirit Medicine, and accused Xia of stealing it.
• Lin Xiong ordered his men to attack Xia, Ye Yun, and Luo Chuan, but they all trembled and knelt, leaving Lin Xiong stunned.

Luo Chuan exposed Lin Xiong and Han Shi’s plot to frame Xia Wuji, while Xia Wuji killed Yao Chao and seized his soul. Xia Wuji entered a secret chamber to extract evidence from the soul as Luo Chuan agreed to keep the incident quiet.

• Luo Chuan had Ye Yun seize Lin Xiong, who confessed that Han Shi and Yao Chao had arranged the plot against Xia Wuji.
• Xia Wuji and Luo Chuan confronted Han Shi and Yao Chao, and Yao Chao tried to leave before Xia Wuji stopped him.
• Xia Wuji killed Yao Chao, and Luo Chuan captured his escaping soul and handed it to Xia Wuji.
• Luo Chuan stripped Han Shi of his position as Second Elder and sentenced him to ten years of confinement, while Ye Yun took Han Shi and Lin Xiong away.
• Xia Wuji asked Luo Chuan to arrange a secret chamber and suppress the news, then entered it with Yao Chao’s soul.

Xia Wuji forced Yao Chao to reveal what he knew about Zhou Da and Liu Zhengyuan, then killed him and sought Luo Chuan’s help. As Zhou Da and Song Tianbao poured Origin Stones into their effort to inflate medicinal ingredient prices, Xia Wuji ordered Zhang Sheng to outbid them.

• Xia Wuji tortured Yao Chao’s soul with Heavenly Fire until Yao Chao confessed rumors about Zhou Da’s schemes, Liu Zhengyuan’s dealings, and the plan to drive up medicinal ingredient prices, but he had no evidence.
• Xia Wuji extinguished Yao Chao’s soul, then met Luo Chuan, who offered the Pill Pagoda’s help; Xia Wuji told Luo Chuan he had a plan.
• The Pill Pagoda announced that Han Shi had been stripped of his position and confined for ten years, while Yao Chao was being held to cooperate with an investigation.
• Song Tianbao worried that Yao Chao’s troubles were connected to Xia Wuji, but Zhou Da dismissed the concern and gave Song Tianbao one million Origin Stones to buy medicinal ingredients, promising four million more.
• Liu Xiao questioned the enormous cost of the plan as Zhou Da and Song Tianbao prepared to spend nearly twenty million Origin Stones to keep Xia Wuji from acquiring ingredients.
• Zhang Sheng warned Xia Wuji that ingredient prices had soared, but Xia Wuji gave him the remaining Origin Stones and ordered him to outbid the opposition.

Song Tianbao, Zhou Da, and Liu Xiao spent over twenty-one million Origin Stones to buy up Qingcheng’s medicinal materials and prevent Xia Wuji from fulfilling his pill orders. The Pill Pagoda’s sell-off and revelation of Xia Wuji’s alchemy victory exposed their plan as a trap, leaving them ruined and unable to stop him.

• Zhang Sheng reported that Xia Wuji’s Origin Stones were spent but the medicinal materials were still insufficient, and Xia Wuji told him to keep up the act.
• Song Tianbao, Zhou Da, and Liu Xiao planned to buy Qingcheng’s remaining medicinal materials and use Xia Wuji’s failure to drive him out of the Sun Moon Spirit Market.
• Song Tianbao spent more than twenty-one million Origin Stones to purchase the final batch, then urged Zhou Da to force Xia Wuji out and recover their borrowed funds from the market treasury.
• Zhou Da learned that Lin Meng had returned with his reunited grandchildren and Bai Ye, realized Xia Wuji had anticipated his threats, and feared their connection to the Seven Kill Hall would be exposed.
• The Pill Pagoda released a vast supply of medicinal materials, causing prices to crash, and revealed that Xia Wuji had won first place in its Alchemy Competition.
• Zhou Da, Liu Xiao, and Song Tianbao realized Xia Wuji had worked with the Pill Pagoda to trap them, while Song Tianbao collapsed and cried that it was over.

Xia Wuji turned the medicinal-ingredient price crisis into a trap for Zhou Da and secured the Sun Moon Spirit Market’s recovery through new Pill Pagoda cooperation. As Zhou Da’s allies collapsed under debt, he killed Song Tianbao and Liu Xiao proposed they strike back.

• Lin Meng thanked Xia Wuji for rescuing his grandchildren, agreed to return to alchemy, and received the pill formulas and Xia Wuji’s promise that he would regain his position as Chief Alchemist.
• Zhang Sheng reported that the Pill Pagoda had restored ingredient prices and prepared the needed materials; Xia Wuji revealed the price surge had been a trap and arranged for the market to collect ingredients and forty percent of the profits from Zhou Da’s group.
• Bai Ye identified the attackers as Seven Kill Hall killers working for a Silver Killer known as Blood Thorn, while Xia Wuji told him that Yao Chao was dead.
• Mu Lan finalized a partnership between the Qingcheng Pill Pagoda and the Sun Moon Spirit Market that gave the market new refining work and expanded sales channels.
• Zhou Da, Liu Xiao, and Song Tianbao panicked as their scheme failed and Song Tianbao’s creditors seized his property; Zhou Da killed Song Tianbao when he begged for help, and Liu Xiao suggested they assassinate Xia Wuji.

Xia Wuji consolidated his control of the Sun Moon Spirit Market, advanced his cultivation, and appointed Lin Meng Chief Alchemist. After Lin Piaoxue arrived and revealed she had been injured at a Black Iron Ore Vein, Xia Wuji recognized the injury was serious and moved to treat her.

• Zhou Da and Liu Xiao agreed to wait for the right opportunity before trying to kill Xia Wuji, then Zhou Da sent Liu Xiao back to the First Branch Altar.
• Xia Wuji inspected the market’s alchemy, talisman, and artifact operations, warned Zhu Songming to prove his loyalty, and refused Zhou Da’s request for an audience while demanding repayment of his debts.
• Xia Wuji cultivated for ten days and opened his ninth grotto-heaven; afterward, he appointed Lin Meng Chief Alchemist and told Zhu Songming to keep the spirit-artifact business stable.
• Lin Piaoxue arrived and explained she had been helping run the market, including handling a problem at a Black Iron Ore Vein.
• After Xia Wuji noticed Lin Piaoxue’s hidden injury, she said it had happened at the ore vein, and he insisted on treating her immediately.

Xia Wuji discovered that Lin Piaoxue had been poisoned by hidden sword qi and deduced that enemies were trying to lure him into an ambush. He headed for the Black Iron Ore Vein despite Bai Ye’s warning, while Zhou Da secretly sent a Seven Kill Hall assassin after him.

• Xia Wuji drew the sword qi from Lin Piaoxue and learned it had entered her body when she investigated Earth Fiend Qi at the Black Iron Ore Vein.
• Xia Wuji and Lin Piaoxue informed Bai Ye, who suspected the Twelve Fiends and warned that the Black Iron Ore Vein was likely an ambush.
• After several hundred miners died in a fresh outbreak of fiendish qi, Xia Wuji decided to go to the vein with Bai Ye and Sun Moon Sect martial artists.
• Zhou Da watched Xia Wuji leave and used a blood talisman to direct a Seven Kill Hall Silver Rank Assassin to kill him.

Xia Wuji investigated the deadly Earth Fiend Qi outbreak at the Black Iron Ore Vein and discovered it was a trap set by Sword Fiend Evil Lord and a hidden Formation Master. When they attacked, Xia Wuji revealed his golden sword puppet, Corpse Fiend Evil Lord, and exposed the Formation Master.

• Xia Wuji arrived at the ore vein camp and learned that the outbreak had killed over a hundred miners and left more than twenty others near death.
• Xia Wuji used Bewitching Heart to draw the sword qi from the survivors, curing them, then went into the mine with Bai Ye to investigate.
• A concealed formation activated at the source of the aura, and Sword Fiend Evil Lord appeared to attack Xia Wuji and Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye fought Sword Fiend Evil Lord while Xia Wuji evaded the formation's attacks and located its hidden controller.
• Xia Wuji summoned his golden sword puppet, Corpse Fiend Evil Lord, which crushed the formation and exposed the Formation Master.