Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng used Fire Wood Azure Bloom to temper Iron Puppet’s Extreme Gold Soft Iron armor while Iron Puppet endured the heat. When the Fire Demon Art began absorbing the Fire Essence Qi inside the armor, Iron Puppet realized the process could also help him advance toward the Earth Soul Realm.

• Lu Feng observed the Silver Moon Demon Bear venting the excess energy from the Dragon Blood it had swallowed while the others refined their portions.
• Iron Puppet stopped refining Dragon Blood after his strength rose from the Five Elements Two Qi Realm to the Five Elements Five Qi Realm, wary of damaging his armor.
• Lu Feng offered to use an untested artifact-refining method to improve Iron Puppet’s Extreme Gold Soft Iron armor, and Iron Puppet agreed.
• Lu Feng used Azure Bloom Fire to temper the armor, causing it to grow denser and more lustrous as Iron Puppet suffered intense heat inside it.
• Iron Puppet’s Fire Demon Art began absorbing the Fire Essence Qi transmitted by Lu Feng, reducing the heat and giving Iron Puppet hope of breaking through to the Earth Soul Realm.
• Iron Puppet circulated the Fire Demon Art to absorb the qi and continued tempering his armor from within.

Lu Feng helped Iron Puppet refine his armor with Fire Wood Azure Bloom, and Iron Puppet broke through to the Earth Soul Realm despite the Fire Demon Art’s deadly cost. Lu Feng sent him to fight the Silver Moon Demon Bear, where Iron Puppet’s armor absorbed energy and let him endure the bear’s attacks as he continued cultivating.

• Blazing Enchantress and the others finished absorbing Dragon Blood, while Lu Feng stopped tempering Iron Puppet’s armor after raising it to upper earth-grade quality.
• Iron Puppet expelled murky blood, completed his cultivation session, and broke through to the Earth Soul Realm, though the Fire Demon Art continued to consume his lifespan.
• Lu Feng ordered Iron Puppet to fight the Silver Moon Demon Bear, and Iron Puppet charged into battle despite Blazing Enchantress and Ruo Shui’s concerns.
• The Silver Moon Demon Bear struck Iron Puppet, but his armor and the sinister fire Qi protected him and left the bear’s paw red and swollen.
• Lu Feng explained that Extreme Gold Soft Iron absorbed external energy, allowing Iron Puppet to replenish himself and use the bear’s released Dragon Blood power to cultivate during their fight.

Lu Feng confronted Xing Xiong Yi and Qian Gu after they came to reclaim the Ironclad Pangolin Lizards, then used a staged battle to turn their plans against them. The chapter ended with Qian Gu dying under Xing Xiong Yi’s control technique as he realized Lu Feng had faked his defeat.

• Lu Feng stopped the Silver Moon Demon Bear and Iron Puppet’s battle when Qian Gu arrived with Xing Xiong Yi and several Soul Masters.
• Qian Gu accused Lu Feng of killing members of Beast Taming Manor and looting its treasure vault, so Xing Xiong Yi ordered Qian Gu to test Lu Feng first.
• Lu Feng’s Dragon Blood-infused palm frightened the two Ironclad Lizards, prompting Xing Xiong Yi to recognize the Dragon Blood’s power and command Qian Gu to attack.
• Lu Feng evaded Qian Gu’s poisoned Azure Spirit Snake Palm and deliberately prolonged his fight with Xing Xiong Yi to give Qian Gu a chance to flee.
• Qian Gu tried to escape with the Ironclad Lizards, but Xing Xiong Yi’s Pao Xi Dragon Control Art struck him down; Qian Gu saw Lu Feng rise unharmed and realized the apparent defeat had been staged.

Lu Feng defeated Xing Xiong Yi after uncovering his control over the dead Qian Gu and facing his beasts. With Xing Xiong Yi dead, the Silver Moon Demon Bear finished off the Ironclad Lizards as Lu Feng’s companions arrived.

• Lu Feng realized Xing Xiong Yi had revived and controlled Qian Gu with a beast-taming method, then fought him as Qian Gu’s strength declined.
• Xing Xiong Yi directed the Ironclad Lizards to block Lu Feng while Qian Gu prepared to self-detonate, but the Silver Moon Demon Bear arrived and engaged the lizards.
• Lu Feng struck Xing Xiong Yi, used the Purple Feather Pearl to disable his protective armor, and killed him after revealing that he had killed Xiang Tianming and caused the conflict with the Thunder Fire Sect.
• The Silver Moon Demon Bear killed both Ironclad Lizards, and Blazing Enchantress and the others arrived to witness the battle’s end.

Lu Feng ordered his companions to search Beast Taming Manor for valuables and prisoners while he claimed its Sect Token. After revealing himself as the Scavenger and reuniting with his group, he investigated a hidden space beneath the pavilion where the Dragon Blood had been stored.

• Lu Feng sent Ruo Shui and Little Silver to wait at Eagle Hook Mountain, then told Blazing Enchantress and the others to search Beast Taming Manor and look for captives from Fortune Source City.
• Blazing Enchantress and the others plundered the manor’s hidden vaults while Lu Feng went to the plaza to seize the Sect Token.
• Lu Feng held off Beast Taming Manor’s disciples and elders for one incense stick’s time, then took the maple-leaf-shaped token bearing the character “Soul.”
• Lu Feng revealed himself as the Scavenger by blasting the Precepts Stone Wall, causing the outside forces to lose much of their eagerness to loot the manor.
• Lu Feng rejoined his companions at the pavilion and found that Iron Puppet and the others had uncovered a ladder leading into a large underground space.

Lu Feng discovered that Beast Taming Manor had drained the missing residents of Fortune Source City to nourish a Gu Diao bone, which fused with and transformed his Blood-colored War Corpse. He realized Beast Taming Manor may have planned to create a terrifying Battle Beast using Dragon Blood and the bone, possibly with Little Silver as its test subject.

• Lu Feng and Iron Puppet descended into a hidden chamber and found the corpses of countless people arranged around a blood-filled lotus.
• The Blood-colored War Corpse emerged from the Kirin Ring and fused with the Gu Diao bone, absorbing the blood to repair and strengthen its skeleton.
• Lu Feng identified the bone as belonging to a Gu Diao, an Aberrant Dragon from the True Dragon lineage, and recognized that the Blood-colored War Corpse had reached Heaven-grade.
• When the war corpse resisted Lu Feng's control and attacked him, Lu Feng struck it into a rock wall, causing its instinctive resistance to subside.
• Lu Feng learned that the war corpse had no new consciousness; the Gu Diao bone's arrogant instinct had caused its resistance, and it submitted after Lu Feng defeated it.
• Lu Feng concluded that Beast Taming Manor may have planned to combine Dragon Blood with the Gu Diao bone to cultivate a ferocious Battle Beast, with Little Silver potentially intended as a test subject.

Lu Feng uncovered evidence that Beast Taming Manor had used ordinary people to test mysterious pills, then fought and escaped from a powerful black-clad man guarding its underground blood pool. He confirmed the man came from the Profound Domain and suspected his hidden force was connected to the Prison Enforcer case.

• Lu Feng sensed the corpses carried the same strange pill aura as the death warriors who had attacked Luo Xiaoxi and suspected Beast Taming Manor had used them as test subjects.
• A Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage black-clad man appeared, so Lu Feng sent Blazing Enchantress and the others toward Eagle Hook Mountain while he stayed behind.
• Lu Feng used the deceptive Zen Heart Palm to wound the black-clad man, then fled in the opposite direction from his companions.
• The black-clad man discovered the dried blood pool and stolen strange bone beneath the pavilion before pursuing Lu Feng into the mountains.
• Lu Feng stopped to question his pursuer and learned that the black-clad man came from the Profound Domain, strengthening his suspicion that the hidden force was tied to the Prison Enforcer case.

Lu Feng fought the black-clad man from the Profound Domain, learned that his immense strength came from a special cultivation technique, and used Exquisite Steps to evade his attacks. The black-clad man recognized the technique and attacked more fiercely, while Lu Feng fled deeper into the mountains, unable to face him directly.

• Lu Feng taunted the black-clad man about the Profound Domain plot and said he had destroyed the Gu Diao bone fragment, provoking the man to attack.
• The black-clad man shattered Lu Feng’s Five Elements Profound Origin Shield with an elbow strike, and Lu Feng realized the man’s strength came from a temporary enhancement technique.
• Lu Feng decided to obtain the technique for Tang Yuan and Man Zhongli, while the black-clad man resolved to capture him and search his soul.
• Lu Feng used Exquisite Steps to evade the black-clad man’s attack made from debris, and the man recognized the technique and asked if Lu Feng was from Exquisite Pavilion.
• Lu Feng claimed to be Exquisite Feng of Exquisite Pavilion, which made the black-clad man’s killing intent intensify, then evaded another devastating punch.
• Lu Feng fled deeper into the mountains as the black-clad man pursued with enormous leaps and attacks, and the man grew suspicious of Lu Feng’s determined flight.

Lu Feng lured the black-clad man into his Thousand Corpse Ghost Control Array, where a hidden Blood-colored War Corpse wounded him. The man shattered the array with a secret method and caught up to Lu Feng, who hinted that he still had another move in reserve.

• Lu Feng activated the Thousand Corpse Ghost Control Array he had prepared, filling the area with mist and attacking skeletons that disrupted the black-clad man's senses.
• The black-clad man smashed through the skeletons, but Lu Feng sent out a hidden Blood-colored War Corpse that struck him and broke three ribs.
• The black-clad man recognized that Lu Feng had strengthened the war corpse with Beast Valley remains and angrily used a secret method to increase his size and power.
• Lu Feng recalled the Blood-colored War Corpse and fled as the black-clad man crushed the array and its remaining skeletons.
• The black-clad man caught Lu Feng with his heightened speed and attacked, but Lu Feng warned that he had another move in reserve.

Lu Feng defeated the black-clad man with the soul technique Grand Dream of Three Lifetimes, though the battle injured him and damaged his Soul Corpse. He reunited with Night Feather Hall at Eagle Hook Mountain, distributed the recovered spoils, and left with two Sect Tokens whose use required a careful opportunity.

• Lu Feng used the Soul Corpse to unleash Nether Ghost Hell, overwhelming the black-clad man's mind, then killed him and erased the battle traces.
• Lu Feng suppressed his injury, restored the Seven Souls Array, and departed the deep forest with the Blood-colored War Corpse intact.
• At Eagle Hook Mountain, Lu Feng reunited with Ruo Shui, Blazing Enchantress, and the others, who reported their looting and said outside factions had already stripped Thunder Fire Sect.
• Lu Feng shared Zhao Kun and Zhao Kuang's storage items, and Iron Puppet recovered Thunder Fire Sect's Sect Token while Lu Feng produced Beast Taming Manor's token.
• Lu Feng destroyed a Thunder Fire Pearl formula, distributed more recovered items, and gave the Purple Feather Pearl to Blazing Enchantress.

Lu Feng distributed the recovered treasures, confirmed that the Night Feather Hall Crowd would stay together, and arranged their next steps before traveling with Ruo Shui and Little Silver to Eastern Origin Spirit Prison. He found Qian Xin and the others back from the Battle Realm, but their severe injuries revealed the cost of their return.

• Lu Feng kept the beast cores, gave Extreme Gold Soft Iron to Iron Puppet and a dagger to Ghost Performer, and heard the Night Feather Hall Crowd vow to remain united.
• Lu Feng told Blazing Enchantress and Ghost Performer that he would help them face their pasts, then sent Iron Puppet and the others to Profound Gold City with instructions to lie low and stabilize their strength.
• Lu Feng gave Ghost Performer a sachet made from Mottled Blood Orchid and warned her to avoid Sun Pingzeng, whose presence could expose her.
• Lu Feng explained to Ruo Shui that he planned to establish a small neutral Private School and gave her the second Sect Token, then traveled with her and Little Silver to Eastern Origin Spirit Prison.
• Lu Feng found all seven students back from the Battle Realm, but saw that Man Zhongli, Zhao Yan, Ning Xiang, Shao Yue, Shao Yang, Qian Xin, and Jun Ziyi had returned badly injured.

Lu Feng learned that Shao Yang and the others had been poisoned by Six Harmonies Sect's Absolute Yang Powder and that they needed a rare Pu Yang Flower within three months to survive. He then went to the Book Sea and told Old Book that Hua Ping could not be cured at Qingxiu Chan Sect, before revealing he had met a senior woman in Demon Suppression Forest.

• Qian Xin and Jun Ziyi told Lu Feng that Sang Feiyu, Ge Yuan, and Gongsun Che had trapped and poisoned their group in an underground cave, and a Masked Man had rescued them.
• Lu Feng learned that the seven survivors had sworn themselves siblings and suspected Yun Buran had been the Masked Man who saved them.
• Ning Xiang explained that the group had been poisoned with Absolute Yang Powder and needed a Pu Yang Flower within three months, so Lu Feng planned to seek one through the Qin Family's Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• Lu Feng told Shao Yang that Gongsun Zhe had died, helping him release his lingering resentment, and then went to the Book Sea to speak with Old Book.
• Lu Feng told Old Book that Qingxiu Chan Sect could not cure Hua Ping and that he had taken her to Demon Suppression Forest, where he met a senior woman.

Lu Feng told Old Book about the Soul Control Clan’s Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade and learned of possible clues to the Northern Essence Water and the Heaven Rain Clan. As Old Book warned him about the Blood Clan’s threat, Lu Feng noticed the Seventh Soul Array’s Demonic Nature stirring and described his strange white-hair transformations; Old Book asked whether they had caused him any physical discomfort.

• Lu Feng told Old Book that the Soul Control Clan’s Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade might save Leng Huaping and asked him to investigate the clan’s former lands.
• Old Book said he would search for the Northern Essence Water and identified the Heaven Rain Clan as a possible source, while Lu Feng connected it to records he had seen in the Grand Illusionary Realm.
• Old Book suggested Lu Feng investigate Heavenly Cuisine Villa for clues and told him that Zi Mo had gone with the Night Feather Sword Master to the Western Continent’s defensive line against the Blood Clan.
• Lu Feng worried that the approaching conflict could endanger Qing Xue and felt tempted to pursue demonic methods to gain strength quickly, but Old Book warned him not to let his mind lose its way.
• Lu Feng realized the Seventh Soul Array’s Demonic Nature had nearly taken control and described his white-hair transformations to Old Book, who asked whether he had felt any physical discomfort.

Lu Feng left the Book Sea with Old Book’s advice and returned his Eastern Origin Spirit Prison belongings before inspecting the black-clad man’s Storage Ring in the academy. He discovered a dangerous half of the Golden Solid Ancient Gourd and several valuable cultivation arts, then turned his attention to the weapons stored inside.

• Old Book reassured Lu Feng about his white hair, gave him an annotated map of the Central Profound Domain, and warned him to be careful as he returned to the Sect Force Realm.
• Lu Feng returned his identity token and honorary title, left Laughing Cang Hai with a sword insight, and went to the academy to inspect the Storage Ring.
• Lu Feng found the Golden Solid Ancient Gourd’s upper half and sealed it in the Kirin Ring before its companion could detect him.
• Lu Feng collected the black-clad man’s Source Stones and Soul Coins and found the Great Cycle Subduing Demons Art, which he decided suited Man Zhongli and possibly Tang Yuan but not himself.
• Lu Feng discovered the complete Pao Xi Dragon Control Art, recognized that Xing Xiong Yi’s version had likely been a simplified tool for controlling him, and stored it for later study.
• After examining the remaining cultivation arts, Lu Feng turned his attention to the weapons area of the Storage Ring.

Lu Feng discovered that Midnight Yaksha Luo had possessed an incomplete Breakthrough Fortune Pill formula and evidence that innocent people had been used as test subjects. He suspected the Luo, Qin, and Gongsun Families and returned to the courtyard, where his companions prepared for their upcoming departure.

• Lu Feng recognized the black-clad man as Midnight Yaksha Luo, Xie Xiongfei, and concealed his distinctive hammers and other heavy weapons in the Kirin Ring.
• Lu Feng found a Snowy Jade Crystal mask with disguise and aura-concealing abilities, then decided it would benefit Zhao Yan more than himself.
• Lu Feng discovered incomplete Breakthrough Fortune Pill formulas and realized that the victims at Beast Taming Manor had been used to test them.
• Lu Feng connected the scheme to the Luo, Qin, and Gongsun Families and resolved to investigate the force behind the atrocities in Profound Gold City.
• Lu Feng returned to the courtyard as Shao Yang and the others studied, recovered, and prepared for their journey after leaving the prison.

Lu Feng prepared to lead his students and Ruo Shui from the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison to the Central Profound Domain, where they would seek a place to settle and establish a sect. After setting out in a Wind Chasing Carriage, he began planning their training for the journey and revealed that Shao Yang could bypass refining Fire Essence Qi with a pill made from the Fire Li Fruit.

• Lu Feng showed everyone Old Book's map of promising sect locations and released the much larger, scarred Little Silver, then explained what the bear had endured at Beast Taming Manor.
• Ning Xiang decided to visit Hall Master Xu and prepare her one last meal before leaving, while the others agreed to depart the next morning.
• Heaven's Wrath saw Lu Feng off and revealed that he had applied for a ground-grade instructor title for him, though Lu Feng had refused it for the time being.
• Lu Feng led Ruo Shui, Shao Yang, Jun Ziyi, and the others out of the prison in a Wind Chasing Carriage prepared by Heaven's Wrath, telling them he would train them during the journey.
• Lu Feng instructed Shao Yang to refine Water Essence Qi next and confirmed that a pill made with the Fire Li Fruit could let him skip refining Fire Essence Qi; Jun Ziyi regretted having already refined it.

Lu Feng’s students traveled onward and tested the disguise mask and defensive armor he had given them. A prank with Zhao Yan’s mask ended in a brief scare when his hair grew longer, but Lu Feng explained how to fix it, and the group settled the matter with laughter.

• Lu Feng assessed his students’ strengths as the Wind Chasing Carriage left the Eastern Origin Realm, then released Little Silver to follow them.
• At dusk, the group stopped to camp, and Shao Yang and Man Zhongli watched Zhao Yan use the Snowy Jade Mask to alter his appearance.
• Shao Yang and Man Zhongli persuaded Zhao Yan to sneak toward the women’s tent, where Ruo Shui mistook him for an intruder and bound him with white silk.
• Zhao Yan removed the mask, apologized to the women, and returned to confront Shao Yang and Man Zhongli for leaving him to face their anger alone.
• When Zhao Yan’s hair failed to return to its original length, Lu Feng explained that the mask’s aura could be dispelled but the hair growth was irreversible, and Zhao Yan made Man Zhongli help trim it.

Lu Feng gave Qian Xin the Fu Xun Engraving Knife, then prepared puppet battles as training for his poisoned students during their journey. The students learned to control the puppets and began their first match, with Jun Ziyi challenging Man Zhongli.

• Qian Xin brought Lu Feng a cloak and the jade cylinders he had requested, and he gave her the Fu Xun Engraving Knife.
• The next morning, Lu Feng assigned Qian Xin to drive and told Jun Ziyi she had a different training exercise because of her poisoning.
• Lu Feng demonstrated small jade puppets controlled with spiritual energy and explained that they would train battle awareness without worsening the students' poison.
• Lu Feng showed that the puppets could perform techniques such as Ant Soft Palm, prompting Ning Xiang to reconsider how the technique's force was generated.
• The students chose puppets and miniature weapons, practiced controlling them, and gathered around a circle Shao Yang drew for their matches.
• Jun Ziyi challenged Man Zhongli to the first puppet match, and both positioned their puppets across the table.

Jun Ziyi and Man Zhongli fought a puppet duel, and Man Zhongli won by using the Great Cycle Subduing Demons Art and a clever trick. The sparring escalated into group battles before Lu Feng faced Jun Ziyi and used their match to teach advanced combat techniques.

• Jun Ziyi attacked Man Zhongli’s puppet with a sword strike, but he escaped through a hole in the table and knocked her puppet out of the circle with the Great Cycle Subduing Demons Art.
• Jun Ziyi challenged Shao Yang and Zhao Yan, then led Shao Yue and Ning Xiang in group battles against the men, whose side lost three more matches.
• Lu Feng watched Shao Yang demonstrate a spear technique he had learned in the Underground Secret Realm.
• Jun Ziyi challenged Lu Feng to a puppet duel, and he held two pieces of Rough Jade to slow his control while she attacked.
• Lu Feng repeatedly evaded Jun Ziyi’s attacks, and she realized he was teaching them advanced combat techniques.

Lu Feng’s students faced another attack from Mu Houjie, who used storm clouds and lightning to strike from above. Lu Feng and Little Silver turned the tables, and Lu Feng killed Mu Houjie before his companion could reach the students.

• During the group’s evening camp, Lu Feng recognized Mu Houjie gathering lightning in the clouds and ordered Ruo Shui to lead the students away.
• Mu Houjie threatened the students and refused to descend, so Lu Feng had Little Silver throw him into the sky.
• Lu Feng broke through the thunderclouds with the Buddha’s Wrath Sword and kicked Mu Houjie toward the ground.
• Lu Feng attacked Mu Houjie with the Nearing Immortality Nine Forms, leaving him unable to defend himself as thunder sounded nearby.
• Mu Houjie revealed that another attacker had come for the students, and Lu Feng shattered his shield and killed him with a sword strike.