Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng rescued Fan Linlin from the Crane Immortal Pill’s illusion, and her unexpected bashfulness around him complicated their dealings with the addiction. As they approached Black Wind Town’s Prison Manor, Lu Feng confronted bandits and revealed himself as Skull Fiend Gate’s Blood Skull Envoy.

• Lu Feng secretly killed Black Scorpion, then woke Fan Linlin by nourishing her soul with spiritual energy.
• Fan Linlin realized Lu Feng had appeared in her illusion and became flustered, while Liu Xing and Guan Zhongshu warned that the group had become addicted to the Crane Immortal Pill.
• Lu Feng advised continuing toward Black Wind Town for now, and Fan Linlin agreed to follow his judgment; Liu Xing found Yin Wind Hall and Skull Fiend Gate tokens and secret letters among the fallen men’s belongings.
• Fan Linlin sent Guan Zhongshu back to Spirit Prison with the evidence to report the situation and request reinforcements.
• Lu Feng escorted Fan Linlin and Liu Xing through Skull Fiend Gate territory toward the Prison Manor while Wood Skull Envoy and the others secretly watched them.
• Three bandits tried to rob the group, so Lu Feng summoned the Blood-colored War Corpse, killed two, and ordered the survivor to surrender his valuables and kowtow.

Lu Feng gave Fan Linlin a powerful Storage Ring after killing a bandit, then arrived with her and Liu Xing at the occupied Prison Manor. When five Soul Hunters harassed Fan Linlin and defied them, Lu Feng drove them out and prepared to confront the stronger intruders inside.

• Lu Feng killed a bandit who tried to stab him with a hidden needle and took the man's Storage Ring.
• Lu Feng gave the Storage Ring to Fan Linlin, who misunderstood its history and his words as a romantic gesture.
• Bao Yige learned that the new Blood Skull Envoy was formidable and ordered Green Wolf to watch the prison officials for signs of Black Scorpion's success.
• Lu Feng, Fan Linlin, and Liu Xing found Soul Hunters occupying Prison Manor, and Fan Linlin considered recruiting them.
• After the Soul Hunters insulted Fan Linlin and threatened Lu Feng, he kicked them down, crippled one attacker, and forced three others to dislocate their arms before fleeing.

Lu Feng and Fan Linlin entered Prison Manor and subdued the Soul Hunters in the Inner Hall, then faced two powerful Soul Hunters in the rear courtyard. Fan Linlin prepared to fight Gu Lingling while Lu Feng reassured her that he would handle the situation.

• Lu Feng protected Fan Linlin from Liang Peng, struck him with Ant Soft Palm, and turned his poison attack back on him.
• Tong Ba and the other Soul Hunters agreed to clean Prison Manor and remain in the front hall under Fan Linlin's protection.
• Lu Feng and Fan Linlin headed toward the rear courtyard after Hu Feihen was thrown out, badly injured.
• Fan Linlin recognized the sword-wielding young man in the courtyard as a Five Elements Three Qi Realm fighter, and Lu Feng told her not to worry.
• Fan Linlin deflected the fruit core Gu Lingling threw, and Gu Lingling asked her senior brother to let her fight Fan Linlin.

Lu Feng defeated Yan Xinhui using the Azure Peak Sword Sect’s own sword techniques, while Fan Linlin overcame Gu Lingling, winning their wager. The sect disciples refused to serve willingly unless Lu Feng defeated their friend Tian Ge, and after they swore an oath, Lu Feng revealed that he was an array master.

• Fan Linlin and Yan Xinhui wagered that the losers would obey the winners for three months, and Gu Lingling and Fan Linlin agreed to compete as well.
• Lu Feng recognized Gu Lingling’s Flowing Light Thirteen Swords and identified her and Yan Xinhui as disciples of the Azure Peak Sword Sect.
• Yan Xinhui attacked Lu Feng, but Lu Feng countered his sword techniques with a long needle and nearly killed him.
• Fan Linlin disarmed Gu Lingling, while Yan Xinhui and Gu Lingling demanded to know where Lu Feng had learned their sect’s swordplay.
• Gu Lingling and Yan Xinhui agreed to obey Lu Feng if he could defeat their friend Tian Ge without using their sect’s techniques, and they swore upon their life souls.
• Lu Feng revealed that he was an array master.

Lu Feng faced Ling Tian and revealed that he had made the high-grade array plates he carried. Gu Lingling challenged him to prove his skill by crafting an array plate on the spot, and the chapter ended with them agreeing to wager Soul Warming Pills against one of Lu Feng’s high-grade plates.

• Lu Feng showed Yan Xinhui and Gu Lingling his high-grade array plates, prompting them to question his claim that he was an array master.
• Ling Tian arrived, recognized Lu Feng, and agreed that he could stay in the courtyard as long as he did not interfere with the inner hall.
• Gu Lingling doubted that Lu Feng had made his own array plates and offered her low-grade materials as a challenge.
• Gu Lingling wagered a Soul Warming Pill if Lu Feng made a low-grade plate, and Lu Feng proposed increasing the reward for higher-grade plates.
• Lu Feng and Gu Lingling agreed that if he failed, she could keep one of his high-grade plates and the earlier bet would be canceled.

Lu Feng completed the high-grade One Element Threading Array from low-grade materials and demonstrated its power by controlling a Spirit Puppet against Gu Lingling. After he unleashed the overwhelming Sky Rift End Shadow, Ling Tian rescued Gu Lingling, but the attack shattered Yan Xinhui’s shield and wrecked the nearby wall.

• Lu Feng crafted a high-grade array plate from low-grade materials, shocking Gu Lingling and the others.
• Lu Feng revealed the One Element Threading Array and used its Spirit Puppet to spar with Gu Lingling.
• The Spirit Puppet blocked Gu Lingling’s swift sword strike with Shocking the Eight Desolations and countered with sword qi.
• Lu Feng unleashed Sky Rift End Shadow, and Yan Xinhui threw his golden shield token to protect Gu Lingling.
• Ling Tian pulled Gu Lingling clear as the sword force shattered Yan Xinhui’s shield, carved a trench, and collapsed the wall.

Lu Feng defeated Gu Lingling and Yan Xinhui with a powerful sword move, then collected two Soul Warming Pills from Gu Lingling and made her serve as his sword attendant for half a year to cover the third. The chapter left Gu Lingling carrying Lu Feng’s heavenly-rank Cold Heart Sword and protesting when he reached toward her forehead.

• Lu Feng shattered his array plate while unleashing a devastating sword move, intimidating Gu Lingling and Yan Xinhui.
• Lu Feng claimed the two Soul Warming Pills Gu Lingling had and demanded another to settle her wager debt.
• Gu Lingling agreed to serve as Lu Feng’s sword attendant for half a year instead of providing the missing pill, insisting she would not attend to bed.
• Lu Feng gave Gu Lingling the heavenly-rank Cold Heart Sword to carry, and she struggled against its intense cold before boasting she could manage it.
• Lu Feng extended his Sword Fingers toward Gu Lingling’s forehead, and she warned him not to get handsy.

Lu Feng planned to exploit the rivalry between the Skull Fiend Gate and Yin Wind Hall, then disguised himself and entered Black Demon Palace territory. There he rescued a tortured young man by claiming Yin Wind Hall wanted him, but Lu Qian'er appeared and called Lu Feng over.

• Lu Feng gave Gu Lingling a cold-resistant breathing technique, then agreed to spar with her, Yan Xinhui, and Ling Tian after they repaired the damaged grounds.
• Lu Feng and Fan Linlin discussed turning the Skull Fiend Gate against Yin Wind Hall and considered using Crane Immortal Addiction as leverage.
• Lu Feng left Prison Manor, disguised himself with a black robe and Fox Mask, and detoured into Black Demon Palace territory.
• Lu Feng found Black Demon Palace men torturing a young man who refused to reveal his identity or the force behind him.
• Lu Feng shot the leading torturer with the Netherworld Bow, defeated the three men with Overlord's Might Fist, and tried to take the unconscious young man away.
• Lu Qian'er called Lu Feng over, and the two asked each other how they had ended up there.

Lu Feng discovered that the Ghost Empress's whisk resonated with him and resisted her attempt to probe his soul, leaving her injured and curious about his secrets. Lu Qian'er then gave him a suppressant pill and advanced his mission to rescue Guan Qiu from the Spirit Prison before his transfer.

• Lu Feng returned to the Soul Return Gate with Lu Qian'er, who sent an injured young man to Ye Yao for treatment before directing Lu Feng to meet the Ghost Empress.
• Lu Feng picked up the Ghost Empress's whisk, causing his right Purple Eye to recover and the whisk's gray strands to turn white.
• The Ghost Empress knocked Lu Feng unconscious and tried to probe his soul, but the demonic core destroyed her invading Soul Consciousness and injured her.
• Lu Feng woke to find the Ghost Empress leaning over him, and she fled with the whisk after telling him to wait for Lu Qian'er.
• Lu Qian'er gave Lu Feng a suppressant pill and told him the Spirit Prison transfer had moved up; he was to find Guan Qiu's location and transfer time so they could rescue him.

Lu Feng coordinated with Lu Qian'er to rescue Guan Qiu during his transfer to Death Row Prison, then learned that Ye Fan and Ye Yao had married. After hearing about Lu Feng’s plans against Yin Wind Hall, Ye Fan promised to prepare a stronger poison by morning.

• Lu Qian'er told Lu Feng that Guan Qiu had been sentenced to death and that his transfer from the prison cells offered their last chance to rescue him.
• Lu Qian'er explained that Xiao Kui, also called Zhong Kui, had been captured after repeatedly trying to assassinate Black Demon Palace members to avenge Guan Qiu.
• Lu Feng visited Ye Fan and discovered that Ye Fan and Ye Yao had become husband and wife after an accidental bout of dual cultivation.
• Ye Fan told Lu Feng that their cultivation had improved and that they had strengthened their knowledge of medicine and poison together.
• Lu Feng described his plan to join the prison officers against Yin Wind Hall, and Ye Fan promised to make a more effective poison for him by morning.

Ye Fan and Ye Yao prepared Purple Lotus Scorching Smoke for Lu Feng, who returned to Prison Manor and found Fan Linlin suffering a Crane Immortal Pill relapse. After treating her, he left her waking up in revealing clothes and accusing him of taking advantage of her.

• Ye Fan and Ye Yao refined hundreds of bottles of Purple Lotus Scorching Smoke, and Ye Fan gave them to Lu Feng.
• Ye Yao tasted Ning Xiang's spiritual Peach Blossom Cake, gave Lu Feng three Poison Needles, and grew jealous when she learned Ning Xiang was Ye Fan's female disciple.
• Lu Feng returned to Prison Manor and learned Tong Ba had kept watch while Yan Xinhui dealt with a few probing intruders.
• Lu Feng found Fan Linlin shivering from Crane Immortal Pill addiction and gave her Purple Lotus Clear Serenity Powder, which made her vomit before she fell asleep.
• Lu Feng stayed by Fan Linlin until she woke, but she saw her revealing clothes and accused him of taking advantage of her, prompting him to flee and blame Gu Lingling.

Lu Feng coordinated a plan to use Purple Lotus Scorching Smoke to cripple Yin Wind Hall while setting Skull Fiend Gate and Black Demon Palace against each other. At dawn, Lu Feng and his allies launched the attack, Skull Fiend Gate mobilized, and Black Demon Palace waited cautiously as Yin Wind Hall fell into chaos.

• Lu Feng persuaded Yan Xinhui and Fan Linlin that Purple Lotus Scorching Smoke could devastate Yin Wind Hall, then proposed exploiting Skull Fiend Gate and Black Demon Palace for their own ends.
• Gu Lingling and Yan Xinhui took smoke to balance the fighting, Fan Linlin went to incite Black Demon Palace, and Lu Feng delivered more than fifty pieces to the Ten Thousand Skull King.
• The Ten Thousand Skull King tested the smoke on a Yin Wind Hall agent, then ordered the Wood, Fire, and Gold Skull Envoys to lead squads into Yin Wind Hall territory.
• Lu Feng prepared smoke-tipped arrows in case the factions failed to act, then fired them into Yin Wind Hall at dawn as smoke spread across eastern Black Wind Town.
• Skull Fiend Gate mobilized after receiving news of the attack, while Black Demon Palace stayed watchful and Yin Wind Hall gathered its forces.

Lu Feng used Purple Lotus Scorching Smoke and his Netherworld Bow to devastate Yin Wind Hall, while Skull Fiend Gate forces moved in to attack. Bao Yige prepared the hall’s defenses as its leaders were driven back, leaving Yin Wind Hall under assault from multiple directions.

• Bao Yige recognized that Purple Lotus Scorching Smoke was deadly to those addicted to Crane Immortal Pills, sent Bu Ao and Lei Hu to counterattack, and stayed behind to treat the injured with Bao Zitu.
• Lu Feng unleashed Arrow Skill - Thousand Birds to Ashes on Bu Ao’s advancing force, killing more than a hundred men, then summoned the battle corpse and drove Bu Ao back with Overlord's Might Fist.
• Yan Xinhui and Gu Lingling spread smoke along Black Wind Town’s main road, where Lei Hu and Yin Wind Hall’s core members met the Gold Skull Envoy, Wood Skull Envoy, and Fire Skull Envoy.
• The three Skull Envoys defeated Lei Hu and led their forces into Yin Wind Hall headquarters from three directions.
• Bao Yige anticipated an attack on the hall’s rear and laid down two high-grade formation arrays.

Lu Feng intervened in the clashes between Yin Wind Hall and the Skull Fiend Gate, killing Gold Skull Envoy after breaking his golden shield with a fire-tempered Jade Pearl. The Blood-colored War Corpse then extracted a strange cluster of Gold Element Qi and nether qi from Gold Skull Envoy’s skeleton and returned to the Ancient Desolation Altar.

• Bao Yige ordered Bu Ao and Green Wolf to reinforce Yin Wind Hall’s properties after learning of the attacks, while Lei Hu was already dead.
• Green Wolf and Bu Ao engaged Gold Skull Envoy and Wood Skull Envoy at Yin Wind Hall’s properties, and Yan Xinhui wounded Bu Ao to keep the fighting balanced.
• Lu Feng watched Gold Skull Envoy kill Green Wolf and the other Yin Wind Hall disciples, then disguised himself and challenged Gold Skull Envoy.
• Lu Feng’s sword attacks failed to break Gold Skull Envoy’s shield, so he used the Jade Pearl and Fire Essence Qi to shatter it and kill Gold Skull Envoy.
• The Blood-colored War Corpse emerged from the Ancient Desolation Altar and extracted a fist-sized cluster of golden gas mixed with nether qi from Gold Skull Envoy’s skeleton.

Lu Feng obtained the Five Elements Profound Origin Shield technique and secretly harvested the Origin Essence from the Gold, Fire, and Wood Skull Envoys as the Skull Fiend Gate attacked Yin Wind Hall. Bao Yige killed the Wood and Fire Skull Envoys with formations, then died self-destructing against the Ten Thousand Skull King, who discovered the Blood Skull Envoy had disappeared and rushed back to the Skull Fiend Gate.

• Lu Feng found the Five Elements Profound Origin Shield jade slip in the Gold Skull Envoy's storage ring and headed toward Yin Wind Hall.
• The Ten Thousand Skull King arrived, killed Bu Ao, and led the Skull Fiend Gate forces in an assault on Yin Wind Hall while Lu Feng pretended to help him.
• Bao Yige trapped and killed the Wood Skull Envoy and Fire Skull Envoy with two sacrificial formations, then rescued Bao Zitu outside the hall.
• Lu Feng gathered the Origin Essence from the two Skull Envoys and stored their bones before escaping Yin Wind Hall.
• The Ten Thousand Skull King killed Bao Zitu, and Bao Yige self-destructed while attacking him, leaving the King gravely wounded but alive.
• The Ten Thousand Skull King learned that someone resembling the Blood Skull Envoy had taken the two Envoys' corpses, discovered Lu Feng was missing, and hurried back to the Skull Fiend Gate.

After the Ten Thousand Skull King seized Fan Linlin to retaliate against Lu Feng, Lu Feng went alone to the Skull Fiend Gate to negotiate her release. The Ten Thousand Skull King agreed to free her if Lu Feng rescued the Water and Earth Skull Envoys from the Prison Manor, while the fate of the missing Skull Envoys remained uncertain.

• The Ten Thousand Skull King escaped the Black Demon Palace's attack, then stormed the Prison Manor, killed Tong Ba, and abducted Fan Linlin.
• Lu Feng, Ling Tian, Gu Lingling, and Yan Xinhui learned of the abduction, and Lu Feng suspected the Ten Thousand Skull King wanted to free imprisoned Skull Envoys or seek revenge.
• The Skull Fiend Gate demanded that Lu Feng come alone; before he left, Gu Lingling gave him her earth-grade defensive Treasure Item, and Ling Tian secretly planned to follow him.
• Lu Feng arrived alone at the Skull Fiend Gate and denied knowing what had happened to the Gold, Wood, and Fire Skull Envoys.
• Lu Feng offered to rescue the Water and Earth Skull Envoys from the Prison Manor, and the Ten Thousand Skull King agreed to release Fan Linlin if he succeeded.

Lu Feng arranged a plan with Guan Yiwu to rescue Fan Linlin and the Skull Envoys, then entered the prison to reach Earth Wolf. He revealed that he had come to free the Earth Skull Envoy, but learned that a Death Row Prison mark would expose him if he left the Prison Area.

• Lu Feng told Guan Yiwu that the Skull Fiend Gate had captured Fan Linlin, and they identified the imprisoned Water and Earth Skull Envoys in the prison roster.
• Lu Feng proposed taking Earth Wolf during his transfer to Death Row Prison, but Guan Yiwu forbade a prison break and planned to raise Lu Feng's rank so they could switch prisoners from inside the prison.
• Lu Feng wrote a report crediting Fan Linlin with the destruction of Yin Wind Hall, then spent three days training and advising the students at the academy.
• After Lu Feng's promotion to Advanced Prison Disciple came through, he entered the Thirteenth Prison Area and used Purple Eyes to control its three guards.
• Lu Feng met Earth Wolf, identified himself as the Skull Fiend Gate's Blood Skull Envoy, and presented the Ten Thousand Skull King's order.
• Earth Wolf agreed to be rescued but warned Lu Feng that his Death Row Prison mark would be detected if he left the Prison Area.

Lu Feng rescued Guan Qiu and Earth Skull Envoy from Spirit Prison, then brought the Skull Envoys to Skull Fiend Gate to demand Fan Linlin’s release. After Fan Linlin escaped Ten Thousand Skull King’s grip, Lu Feng prepared to fight him while protecting her, leaving their confrontation poised to begin.

• Lu Feng sealed Earth Skull Envoy’s mark, replaced him with a death-row convict, and smuggled Guan Qiu out of Spirit Prison with Guan Yiwu’s help.
• Guan Yiwu discovered that Lu Feng had rescued two prisoners and sent a letter asking Fan Linlin’s father to suppress the matter.
• Lu Feng brought Water Skull Envoy and Earth Skull Envoy to Skull Fiend Gate and demanded that Ten Thousand Skull King release Fan Linlin.
• Ten Thousand Skull King seized Fan Linlin and threatened her, so Lu Feng freed the Skull Envoys and Fan Linlin attacked him with a concealed needle before leaping toward Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng caught Fan Linlin, summoned the Blood-colored War Corpse, and threw two spirit-array disks around Ten Thousand Skull King as the Soul Hunters mocked his preparations.

Lu Feng killed the Ten Thousand Skull King with a sword strike powered by the White Banner Array, then returned Fan Linlin to Prison Manor and brought Guan Qiu back to the Soul Gate. The chapter ended with Lu Qian'er recognizing Guan Qiu and going to notify the Ghost Empress.

• Lu Feng trapped the Ten Thousand Skull King inside the White Banner Array and unsealed six souls to gather its power.
• Lu Feng pierced the Ten Thousand Skull King's heart with Azure Sky Thrust, killing him and forcing the four Soul Hunters to flee.
• The battle corpse refined the five Skull Envoys' essence and used stored bone powder to repair cracks in its bones.
• Lu Feng collected the Ten Thousand Skull King's Storage Ring, stored the battle corpse in the Ancient Desolation Altar, and escorted Fan Linlin back to Prison Manor.
• Lu Feng went to the Soul Gate and released Guan Qiu from the Living Creature Pouch.
• Lu Qian'er recognized Guan Qiu, and she went to notify the Ghost Empress.

After Lu Feng cleared the Seven Apertures Heart Shattering Pill’s poison, the Ghost Empress discovered a sign that changed how she treated him and tried to persuade him to stay in the Soul Gate. Lu Feng agreed to remain because Fan Linlin was threatened by the Black Demon Palace, but the chapter ended with Guan Qiu collapsing and Lu Feng suspecting Martial Spirit Prison was involved.

• Guan Qiu thanked Lu Feng for saving him, and the Ghost Empress ordered him to recover before preparing to deal with the Black Demon Palace.
• The Ghost Empress gave Lu Feng the antidote, and a trace of her secret test emerged as green smoke, prompting her to show unusual warmth toward him.
• The Ghost Empress offered to betroth Lu Qian'er to Lu Feng, but he declined and learned that the Black Demon Palace could threaten Fan Linlin.
• Lu Feng agreed to stay after the Ghost Empress explained that the Soul Gate could help protect Fan Linlin, though he remained uncertain about her motives.
• A messenger reported that Guan Qiu had collapsed, so the Ghost Empress hurried to Ye Yao's place and Lu Feng followed, suspecting Martial Spirit Prison was involved.