Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng refused Sun Liuliu’s offer and fought to keep control of the Southern God Fire, while the Crimson Flame Python’s power surged and threatened the group’s barriers. As the others plotted an escape that would expose Leng Huaping and her companions to the flames, Sun Liuliu fled and vowed to hunt Lu Feng if he survived.

• Lu Feng suspected Sun Liuliu wanted the Southern God Fire for an evil art and refused to let her take it.
• Sun Liuliu attacked Lu Feng with the Seven Kill Life-Stealing Cones, and Lu Feng sacrificed the Blood-colored War Corpse to protect the child barrier.
• Lu Feng unleashed the Seven Souls Array to refine the remaining Southern God Fire faster, while Sun Liuliu empowered the Flame Spirit Gourd to compete.
• The Crimson Flame Python absorbed and refined the beast core, reaching the Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage and weakening the shield and mother barrier with its flames.
• Jun Ziqian, Luo Tianfu, Qin Tianliang, and the others directed the Fuxi Shield toward the Crimson Flame Python to create an escape route that left Leng Huaping and the others exposed.
• Sun Liuliu retrieved the Flame Spirit Gourd, fled, and threatened to have the Sun Family hunt Lu Feng.

Lu Feng saved Ruo Shui, Leng Huaping, and Zhu Yizhong by using beast cores to lure the Crimson Flame Python into swallowing Southern God Fire, then wounded it with a powerful sword strike. As Lu Feng pursued the injured beast, Zhu Yizhong asked Ruo Shui whether Lu Feng was the man she loved.

• Lu Feng realized he could not save Ruo Shui and Leng Huaping by attacking their enemies, so he chose to disrupt the Crimson Flame Python’s assault.
• Lu Feng threw two beast cores infused with Southern God Fire, enticing the Crimson Flame Python to swallow them and divert its attack from the protective barrier.
• The Crimson Flame Python crashed down and unleashed Southern God Fire, but Lu Feng split and redirected its flames before striking it with a sword of Fire Essence Qi.
• Lu Feng pursued the badly wounded Crimson Flame Python, while Zhu Yizhong was left astonished by Lu Feng’s strength and methods.
• Zhu Yizhong asked Ruo Shui whether Lu Feng was the man she loved.

Leng Huaping began her breakthrough into the Heaven Soul Realm by entering the Heavenly Dao Soul Trial, while Lu Feng killed the Crimson Flame Python and collected its beast core and body. Lu Feng then headed toward Ye Fan, and Sun Liuliu reappeared on the mountain ridge.

• Zhu Yizhong learned that Ruo Shui and Lu Feng shared a bond like sworn kin, and he became hopeful about winning Ruo Shui's heart.
• Leng Huaping sensed that she was about to break through, and Zhu Yizhong and Ruo Shui guarded her as she began the Heavenly Dao Soul Trial.
• Leng Huaping entered a Sea of Thunder within her soul and chose to face the trial to strengthen her Soul Strength.
• Lu Feng drove back the Crimson Flame Python's spirit fire, killed the serpent, and collected its beast core and body.
• Lu Feng set off toward Ye Fan, while Sun Liuliu appeared again on the mountain ridge.

Sun Liuliu, Qin Tianliang, and Sang Feichen returned to the foundation, where Sun Liuliu discovered Fire Li Fruits while Qin and Sang attacked Ruo Shui and Zhu Yizhong. Ruo Shui interrupted Sun’s attempt to break open the foundation, and Sun retaliated with the Gloomy Moon Seven String Claw as Leng Huaping continued her breakthrough inside Ruo Shui’s protective cocoon.

• Sun Liuliu, Qin Tianliang, and Sang Feichen emerged after the Crimson Flame Python fled, then attacked Ruo Shui and Zhu Yizhong while Sun investigated the foundation.
• Ruo Shui wrapped Leng Huaping in a White Silk Cocoon, shielding her from Qin Tianliang’s strike as she continued her soul trials.
• Sun Liuliu found three vines bearing Fire Li Fruits beneath the foundation and began deciphering its patterns to reach them.
• Qin Tianliang tore Ruo Shui’s sleeve, prompting Zhu Yizhong to strike him with the Flowing Fire Inverse Flame Art and force him to use his Treasure Armor.
• Ruo Shui moved to stop Sun Liuliu from opening the foundation, and Sun attacked her with the Gloomy Moon Seven String Claw.

Ruo Shui and Zhu Yizhong tried to protect Leng Huaping as Sun Liuliu, Qin Tianliang, and Sang Feichen attacked, but Leng Huaping was badly injured and lost consciousness. Ruo Shui wounded Sun Liuliu with a concealed blood attack, and just as Sun Liuliu prepared to finish her, a powerful presence approached and the attackers tried to flee.

• Ruo Shui resisted Sun Liuliu's Soul Consciousness attack and used White Silk Constriction against her.
• Sun Liuliu tricked Ruo Shui and threw a silver needle at Leng Huaping's White Silk Cocoon, but Zhu Yizhong pulled it out before it could reach her.
• Qin Tianliang and Sang Feichen struck the cocoon, disrupting Leng Huaping's trial and leaving her unconscious with a grievous soul injury.
• Sun Liuliu and her allies overwhelmed Ruo Shui and Zhu Yizhong, then Sun Liuliu used the Heavenly Book of Calamity Scroll to daze Ruo Shui and slash her.
• Ruo Shui concealed three blood-condensed Long Needles beneath her white silk and pierced Sun Liuliu, while Zhu Yizhong continued fighting despite his wounds.
• Sang Feichen warned that a powerful presence was approaching, and Qin Tianliang fled as Sun Liuliu decided to retreat too late.

Lu Feng arrived to find Leng Huaping near death and Ruo Shui and Zhu Yizhong wounded, then killed Sang Feichen and learned that the Six Harmonies Sect might be connected to the Jiang Family he had vowed to destroy. Ye Fan said Leng Huaping’s soul injury might only be treatable by a high-ranking Chan healer, leaving Lu Feng to seek help from the Qingxiu Chan Sect.

• Lu Feng found Leng Huaping’s soul dormant, attacked Sang Feichen, and let Sun Liuliu escape while he tended to the injured.
• Lu Feng searched Sang Feichen’s soul, discovered the Six Harmonies Sect’s connection to the Jiang surname, and learned that Sun Liuliu and Sang Feichen took orders from a mysterious black-robed figure.
• Lu Feng stabilized Leng Huaping’s soul, thanked Zhu Yizhong, and warned him not to call himself Ruo Shui’s brother-in-law.
• Ye Fan examined Leng Huaping and said her interrupted breakthrough had badly damaged her soul, with a Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage Chan healer perhaps offering a chance to save her.
• Ye Fan treated Ruo Shui’s wounds and heard her account of the attack, then condemned the Four Great Families.

Lu Feng prepared to leave the Grand Illusionary Realm with the injured Leng Huaping, but the group discovered a Fire Li Fruit and a second piece of the Divine Map. After finding a Blood Pill among Gongsun Zhe’s belongings, Ye Fan realized Gongsun Zhe may have belonged to the Blood Clan.

• Lu Feng vowed to kill Sun Liuliu, Qin Tianliang, Luo Tianfu, and Jun Ziqian, then decided to leave the Grand Illusionary Realm to get Leng Huaping treated.
• Ruo Shui told Lu Feng and Ye Fan that Sun Liuliu had returned to the foundation, and they discovered a Fire Li Fruit beneath it.
• Lu Feng opened the foundation, and Ye Fan harvested the Fire Li Fruit while Lu Feng reflected on his understanding of the Floating Pagoda Three Swords.
• Ye Fan gave Lu Feng a handkerchief that Lu Feng recognized as a fragment of the Divine Map, which he secretly put away.
• Ye Fan searched the dead soul masters for storage artifacts, and Lu Feng vowed to settle Gongsun Zhe’s and the Sun Family’s scores with Shao Yang and the others.
• Ye Fan found a Blood Pill in Gongsun Zhe’s storage artifact and wondered whether Gongsun Zhe had been from the Blood Clan.

Lu Feng and his companions discovered that Qin Tianliang had placed a kill order on Red Scorpion and found her surrounded near Zhi Ge Mountain. Lu Feng entered the encirclement to save her, and Qin Taiheng recognized him with terror.

• Ye Fan identified the bloody elixir as a sinister Evil Elixir likely refined from living people's vital blood, though its exact effect remained unknown.
• Lu Feng's group headed toward Zhi Ge Mountain and learned that Qin Tianliang had offered a huge reward for Red Scorpion's death.
• Lu Feng explained that Red Scorpion had tried to kill Qin Tianliang first, and Zhu Yizhong described Love Tomb's contracts against immoral targets.
• At Zhi Ge Mountain, Lu Feng spotted Qin Taiheng secretly directing the attack on a wounded and poisoned Red Scorpion.
• Lu Feng handed Leng Huaping to Ruo Shui and leaped into the encirclement; Qin Taiheng recognized him and was overwhelmed by fear.

Lu Feng rescued Red Scorpion from Qin Taiheng’s group and escorted his companions out of the Grand Illusionary Realm. After returning to the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison, he rushed to Old Book’s courtyard, where Old Book saw the badly injured Leng Huaping and demanded to know who had hurt her.

• Lu Feng struck down a charging Soul Master, forced Qin Taiheng to surrender his Storage Ring, and scattered the crowd hunting Red Scorpion.
• Red Scorpion ran into safe territory on Zhi Ge Mountain and left the Grand Illusionary Realm before Lu Feng’s group reached the summit.
• Lu Feng asked a Grand Prison official about Xiao Shu and learned that Xiao Shu was preparing to become a prison master and would soon be assigned to suppress bandits.
• Lu Feng, Ye Fan, Zhu Yizhong, and Ruo Shui teleported back to the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison, while Ye Fan explained Leng Huaping’s arrival to the registration assistant.
• Lu Feng hurried to Old Book’s courtyard with Leng Huaping supported in his arms, and Old Book angrily asked who had injured her.

Lu Feng set out for the Qingxiu Chan Sect with Ruo Shui, Leng Huaping, and Ye Fan to find treatment for Leng Huaping’s soul injuries. Their journey was interrupted by a powerful stranger and a lightning attack, and Lu Feng recognized the stranger’s sword art as belonging to the Heaven Lotus Sect.

• Lu Feng told Old Book that he intended to seek Chan healers for Leng Huaping and take revenge on those responsible for her injuries, while Old Book offered his help and warned him to keep Jun Zi Mo uninformed.
• Lu Feng arranged for Zhu Yizhong to return to the Flowing Fire Temple with a lost cultivation path and a warning about the Blood Clan, then departed with Ruo Shui, Leng Huaping, and Ye Fan.
• A middle-aged man stopped the group and asked about the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison and Lu Feng, while Lu Feng sensed Mu Hongfei hiding nearby.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan disparaged Lu Feng to the stranger, who concluded that Lu Feng had deceived the Young Misses and revealed his killing intent.
• Thunderclouds gathered above the group, and Lu Feng pointed the stranger toward the lightning as the Lu Feng he sought; the stranger struck down the bolt with White Lotus Swordplay, prompting Lu Feng to recognize him as a Heaven Lotus Sect member.

Lu Feng and Ye Fan killed Mu Hongfei, then confronted Jin Shuyu after her trained hawk attacked them near Fortune Source City. They took the city lord’s daughter toward the city, where they heard accounts of her cruelty; the chapter ended as a beautiful woman emerged from Fortune Source Inn and hurried toward Lu Feng.

• Lu Feng shot Mu Hongfei through the heart with the Netherworld Bow and led his companions away while the Herding Cloud Sect expert continued fighting the man in the clouds.
• Ye Fan fed a pill to an attacking Iron Beak Azure Hawk, knocking it unconscious, and Lu Feng struck Jin Shuyu after she threatened them.
• Ye Fan sealed Jin Shuyu’s strength and carried her toward the City Lord’s Mansion, while Lu Feng judged Fortune Source City to be rife with crime.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan heard residents describe Jin Shuyu’s violent treatment of people, and Ye Fan silenced her with a pill when she taunted them.
• A beautiful woman stepped out of Fortune Source Inn, recognized Lu Feng, and hurried toward him.

Lu Feng learned Beast Taming Manor’s strength and ordered Night Feather Hall to stop its risky investigation while preparing to seize resources. He then led Ye Fan and the others to the City Lord’s Mansion with Jin Shuyu, who warned them they would not leave alive.

• Blazing Enchantress reported that Beast Taming Manor had two Heaven Soul Realm soul masters, one Heaven Soul Beast, many Earth Soul fighters and beasts, and at least a hundred Five Elements Soul Beast auras.
• Blazing Enchantress told Lu Feng that Apricot Blossom Rain’s return from Spirit Prison had put Beast Taming Manor on high alert, and described Ghost Flute as withdrawn and reluctant to speak.
• Blazing Enchantress revealed that Fortune Source City’s city lord and prison official had committed many crimes together, strengthening Lu Feng’s resolve to deal with them.
• Lu Feng ordered Ghost Flute and Night Wanderer Blade to withdraw, told Blazing Enchantress to watch Beast Taming Manor from afar, and instructed Night Feather Hall to prepare to seize resources without acting independently.
• Blazing Enchantress relayed Lu Feng’s orders to Night Feather Hall, whose members speculated that he planned to exploit chaos within Beast Taming Manor.
• Lu Feng’s group arrived outside the City Lord’s Mansion, and Ye Fan silenced Jin Shuyu by immobilizing her Soul Consciousness after she threatened them.

Lu Feng and Ye Fan confronted Jin Shuyu’s guards and uncovered the City Lord’s Mansion’s ties to Beast Taming Manor. After Lu Feng defeated Lei Tianao, Jin Chenghu’s fury at seeing his wife comfort the elder revealed a deeper personal conflict.

• The guards attacked Lu Feng’s group, but Lu Feng blasted them away and Ye Fan froze the Thunder Leopard Flame Lion with silver needles.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan noticed suspicious behavior between the city lord’s wife and Lei Tianao, who ordered the gathered guards to seize them and spare the women.
• Ye Fan subdued a prison officer, and Lei Tianao identified himself as an elder of Beast Taming Manor.
• Ye Fan observed that Jin Chenghu seemed poisoned, while Jin Chenghu recognized a chance to end three years of humiliation.
• Lei Tianao attacked Lu Feng, but Lu Feng sent him crashing into a pillar with one palm.
• Liu Ruyu hurried to help Lei Tianao, prompting the onlookers to notice their intimacy and Jin Chenghu’s furious reaction.

Jin Chenghu revealed that Lei Tianao had poisoned and coerced him for three years, but Lei Tianao struck Lu Feng with a venomous Jade-Eyed Flash Spirit Snake before Ye Fan could secure an antidote. Ye Fan discovered that Lu Feng’s wound was producing an inexplicably powerful Beast Qi and growing white fur.

• Jin Chenghu and Jin Shuyu knelt before Lu Feng’s group, and Jin Chenghu explained that Lei Tianao had used poison and threats against his daughter to control the city.
• Jin Shuyu learned of her father’s suffering, while Liu Ruyu begged Lei Tianao for an antidote and drew sympathy from the onlookers.
• Lei Tianao flung Liu Ruyu toward Jin Chenghu, and a Jade-Eyed Flash Spirit Snake bit Lu Feng before Ye Fan subdued it and sealed the wound.
• Ye Fan used the Soul Extinction Finger to search Lei Tianao’s soul and confirmed that the snake’s refined venom had practically no cure.
• Ye Fan sensed powerful Beast Qi in Lu Feng’s wound as white fur spread across his forearm, leaving him unable to explain the anomaly.

Lu Feng learned that his Beast Power might be connected to his parents, while Ye Fan tested the limits of his poison-neutralizing white hair. Ye Fan treated Jin Chenghu’s poison and warned him to govern Fortune Source City properly before Lu Feng’s group departed with a letter to activate the Teleportation Array.

• Ye Fan conjectured that Lu Feng’s parents may have cultivated Beast Arts, and explained that Lu Feng’s white hair could neutralize some beast-derived poisons but not human-made ones.
• Jin Shuyu begged Ye Fan to treat Jin Chenghu, and Ye Fan revealed that Jin Chenghu suffered from Guilin Gu Poison and demanded a life in exchange for a cure.
• Jin Shuyu swallowed Ye Fan’s supposed Soul Severing Pill, but Ye Fan revealed it was only a body-strengthening pill and gave her a prescription to cure Jin Chenghu.
• Ye Fan warned Jin Chenghu to govern Fortune Source City well, and Jin Chenghu dismissed Liu Ruyu after she left the courtyard.
• Lu Feng’s group left Fortune Source City, carrying an urgent letter from Jin Chenghu to have the ferry crossing’s Teleportation Array activated.

Lu Feng’s group encountered Bai Xianzhou, Heaven Lotus Sect’s Left Protector, who had come to kill Lu Feng over his connection to Bai Bing and Bai Xue. After Bai Xianzhou dismissed Lu Feng’s warning, Lu Feng revealed his swordsmanship and left him shocked by his mastery of Stillness of Mind.

• Lu Feng and Ye Fan condemned Beast Taming Manor for trafficking people in Fortune Source City and resolved that the manor had to be eliminated at its root.
• Bai Xianzhou intercepted Lu Feng’s group and revealed that he intended to kill Lu Feng because Bai Bing and Bai Xue favored him and their marriage alliance with a super sect was at risk.
• Lu Feng deduced that the marriage alliance involved Ice Spring Sect, while Bai Xianzhou insisted his attempt to kill Lu Feng was a personal act and not an order from either sect or the Young Misses.
• Lu Feng challenged Bai Xianzhou, who underestimated him and mistook his unconscious companion Leng Huaping for another victim of his schemes.
• Lu Feng formed a powerful qi sword and demonstrated Stillness of Mind, leaving Bai Xianzhou horrified as he prepared to defend himself.

Lu Feng defeated Bai Xianzhou with White Lotus Swordplay, convincing him to abandon his attempt to kill Lu Feng and report back to the Heaven Lotus Sect. Lu Feng and his companions reached the Qingxiu Chan Sect, where they saw a shackled man sweeping the entrance stairs.

• Lu Feng struck Bai Xianzhou with Graceful Lotus, leaving him wounded and awed by Lu Feng’s swordsmanship.
• Bai Xianzhou apologized through his changed attitude, promised the Heaven Lotus Sect would send no one else, and warned Lu Feng that another great sect might retaliate over the marriage alliance.
• Bai Xianzhou left to report to his Sect Leader while Lu Feng and his companions continued toward the Hua Xi Mountain Range.
• Lu Feng’s group arrived at the Qingxiu Chan Sect and found its ancient grounds blended into the mountain forest.
• Ye Fan noticed that the gaunt middle-aged man sweeping the sect’s stone stairs wore heavy shackles on his hands and feet.

Ye Fan, Lu Feng, and Ruo Shui encountered the penitent Blood Butcher at Qingxiu Chan Sect before seeking help for Leng Huaping’s damaged soul. After the sect’s disciples refused to summon a healer, Lu Feng revealed a piece of Zhaixin Chan Wood, prompting them to urgently report it to Master Huiwen Chan.

• Ye Fan recognized the shackled, six-senses-sealed man sweeping the steps as Blood Butcher, who had voluntarily entered Qingxiu Chan Sect to atone.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan explained to Ruo Shui that Blood Butcher’s Compassionate Heart Shackles inflicted constant agony and soul trials.
• Two Qingxiu Chan Sect disciples told Lu Feng that the capable Zen healers had left and that the remaining senior leaders would not receive them.
• When the disciples refused to help Leng Huaping, Lu Feng said they had come to make a trade and tossed a piece of Zhaixin Chan Wood to them.
• The female disciples recognized the rare wood and hurried to report it to Master Huiwen Chan.

Lu Feng sought treatment for Leng Huaping at the Qingxiu Chan Sect, where Master Huiwen Chan examined her but could not heal her. Lu Feng offered a huge piece of Zhaixin Chan Wood and asked to see Grand Elder Hengyi Chan, whose response remained uncertain as Huiwen went to seek her instructions.

• Lu Feng asked Miao Zhun about the sect’s strict rules for treating patients, and Ye Fan condemned the belief that saving people could invite Heaven’s condemnation.
• Master Huiwen Chan examined Leng Huaping with the Yuanyuan Finger but said no available Chan Master could treat her severe soul injury.
• Ye Fan recognized the Yuanyuan Finger and realized that the Jade Void Cauldron was likely inside the Qingxiu Chan Sect.
• Lu Feng revealed a massive piece of Zhaixin Chan Wood and pleaded to see the Vice Sect Leader or Grand Elder, but Huiwen said the Vice Sect Leader was in critical seclusion and Hengyi Chan rarely received visitors.
• Huiwen sent Miao Zhun to take Lu Feng and Ye Fan to the Guest Reception Pavilion while he went to seek Hengyi Chan’s instructions.

Lu Feng learned that Miao Qing might be at the Qingxiu Chan Sect’s Zen Heart Grand Examination, and that passing it could persuade Master Hengyi Chan to help save Leng Huaping. Though the test seemed to demand years of study, Lu Feng chose to enter immediately, leaving Ye Fan wondering what he had planned.

• Miao Zhun told Lu Feng that the Zen Heart Grand Examination was underway and that disciples of the Miao generation from branch institutes were gathering at Zen Heart Hall.
• Hui Wen said Master Hengyi Chan would help save Leng Huaping only if Lu Feng possessed a Zen Heart and passed the examination.
• Miao Zhun explained that the examination tested Zen Thought, Zen Intention, and Zen Heart, beginning with three hundred questions on Zen Thought.
• Miao Zhun revealed that the questions were drawn from three collections, each containing a million Zen Canons, prompting Ye Fan to protest that the preparation would take years.
• Lu Feng seized on the absence of a preparation deadline and asked Miao Zhun to register them for the examination immediately.