Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng confronted Mu Hongyin, a Herding Cloud Sect cultivator seeking vengeance for Mu Hongfei, while his injured companions watched helplessly. He endured her lightning attacks and charged into her Thunder Dragon, leaving his charred skeleton motionless on the ground.

• Lu Feng reached Ruo Shui and the others after Mu Hongyin’s lightning attack broke their barrier, then ordered them to retreat while he faced her.
• Mu Hongyin revealed she was Mu Hongfei’s niece and attacked Lu Feng, dismissing his warning that he would one day demand an explanation from her sect.
• Lu Feng stood through repeated lightning strikes and taunted Mu Hongyin, while Ruo Shui recognized that he had a plan and kept the others from interfering.
• Mu Hongyin unleashed the Herding Thunder Profound Cloud Art’s Thunder Dragon, and Lu Feng leaped into its jaws as it coiled around him.
• The Thunder Dragon destroyed Lu Feng’s flesh, leaving a charred skeleton that fell to the ground motionless.

Lu Feng revealed that he had faked his death to lure Mu Hongyin within reach, then attacked her and forced her to flee after she unleashed a powerful Treasure Item. The students learned their mentor was alive, while both sides left the battle vowing revenge.

• Mu Hongyin knocked down Shao Yang and the others, then approached Lu Feng's corpse to bind and desecrate it as Jun Ziyi and the others watched helplessly.
• Just as Mu Hongyin reached for the corpse, Lu Feng's concealed body and war corpse struck her, revealing that he had used a formation and soul illusion to fake his death.
• Lu Feng charged Mu Hongyin on the ground, and his students rejoiced at discovering that their mentor was alive.
• Mu Hongyin hurled the Purple-Gold Funnel at Lu Feng, blasting through his shield and injuring him before she escaped with the Burial Gold Dipper.
• Lu Feng vowed to remember the Herding Cloud Sect's grudge, while Mu Hongyin swore to kill him after fleeing several li away.

After learning Shao Yang, Qian Xin, and Jun Ziyi would die within hours, Lu Feng took their poison into his own body to save them. The three recovered and discovered their instructor was now suffering the poison himself.

• Ning Xiang diagnosed Shao Yang, Qian Xin, and Jun Ziyi as gravely poisoned, with only hours left to live.
• Lu Feng rejected waiting for a distant Pu Yang Flower and chose to take the poison into his own body.
• Ning Xiang used silver needles to guide the poison out as Lu Feng transferred it from the three injured soulmasters.
• After half an hour, the three had recovered enough for Ning Xiang's medicinal broth to clear the remaining poison, while Lu Feng sat aside to suppress the poison in his body.
• Shao Yang, Qian Xin, and Jun Ziyi awoke, learned Lu Feng had taken their poison, and Shao Yang knelt before him in gratitude.

Lu Feng’s poisoned condition worsened as he led his companions to QuFu Mountain, choosing it as the site for their academy because of the wronged mentor whose story inspired him. He left the group to settle there and rode toward Profound Gold City to find the Night Feather Hall Crowd, while Huang Helou was expected to await his orders.

• Ning Xiang told Jun Ziyi, Shao Yang, and Qian Xin that Lu Feng had been poisoned while saving them and might survive only ten days or half a month; they vowed to find the Pu Yang Flower.
• Lu Feng rejected seeking the antidote from the Six Harmonies Sect and told his injured companions to recover while they traveled toward Profound Gold City.
• After three days on the road, Lu Feng’s symptoms worsened, and he brought the group to QuFu Mountain, explaining the persecuted mentor QuFu’s tragic history and why he had chosen the mountain for their academy.
• Lu Feng told the group to settle on the mountain discreetly and wait for Huang Helou to help with construction, while refusing Jun Ziyi’s offer to accompany him.
• Lu Feng rode alone toward Profound Gold City to find the Night Feather Hall Crowd, then abandoned his horse near the city and concealed himself.

Lu Feng reached Night Feather Hall’s hidden courtyard in Profound Gold City and learned that Iron Puppet and the others had all advanced to the Earth Soul Realm after refining Dragon Blood. He warned them about the Herding Cloud Sect and explained that he needed a Pu Yang Flower to cure his Absolute Yang Powder poisoning, but their reunion ended when they found a bound boy in one of the rooms.

• Lu Feng found Night Feather Hall’s flag outside a dilapidated courtyard on the edge of Profound Gold City’s Outer Circle.
• Blazing Enchantress and the others noticed Lu Feng’s weakened condition, and he learned that they had all reached the Earth Soul Realm after refining Dragon Blood.
• Lu Feng told the group that he had clashed with the Herding Cloud Sect and warned them to act secretly, then explained that the Six Harmonies Sect had poisoned him with Absolute Yang Powder.
• Lu Feng said he planned to seek a Pu Yang Flower at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, easing the group’s concern about his condition.
• A noise from a nearby room led Ghost Performer to discover a bound boy, and Iron Puppet knelt to accept blame for capturing him.

Lu Feng learned that Ghost Performer had abducted Sun Chengnuo after witnessing him assault his maid, and he took charge of the captive while sending the others away from Profound Gold City. He and Blazing Enchantress prepared to visit the Qin Family that night under the guise of husband and wife, leaving her worried about what the meeting might reveal.

• Ghost Performer confessed that she had abducted Sun Chengnuo, and Blazing Enchantress explained that he had abused his maid after sending away his guard.
• Lu Feng reprimanded Ghost Performer, restrained Sun Chengnuo, and placed him in the Living Spirit Space within the Kirin Ring.
• Lu Feng ordered Iron Puppet and the others to leave Profound Gold City's territory and wait near QuFu Mountain, while Blazing Enchantress stayed with him.
• Lu Feng told Blazing Enchantress they would visit the Qin Family as teacher and student, but she proposed posing as his wife and drafted a visiting card under the name Tang Shi.
• Lu Feng decided to visit the Qin Family that night to seek the Pu Yang Flower, and Blazing Enchantress went to change for the occasion.

Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress traveled to Profound Gold City's checkpoint, posing as a married couple on their way to visit Qin Su. After Chu Youren insulted Lu Feng and tried to take his Sword Token, Lu Feng struck him down, and Chu Youren threatened them over Blazing Enchantress.

• Blazing Enchantress dressed elegantly, and Lu Feng praised her appearance before she clung to his arm so they could convincingly pose as husband and wife.
• Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress reached Profound Gold City's checkpoint, where Lu Feng presented his Azure Mountain Sword Sect identity and said he wished to visit Qin Su.
• Chu Youren drunkenly insulted Lu Feng, snatched his Sword Token, and tried to dismiss it as a broken fake.
• Lu Feng reclaimed the token and slapped Chu Youren aside, risking the poison in his body to defend his dignity as sect leader.
• Chu Youren recovered, noticed Blazing Enchantress, and threatened that neither of them would leave Profound Gold City alive unless she spent a night with him.

Lu Feng used Soul Shock to punish Chu Youren for harassing Blazing Enchantress and trying to seize the Azure Mountain Sword Token, then took her toward the Qin Family Villa despite his worsening poison. There, Lu Feng recognized Qin Tianliang and his brothers from the Grand Illusionary Realm, while Qin Tianliang fixed his gaze on Blazing Enchantress and approached them.

• Lu Feng controlled Chu Youren with Soul Shock, made him slap himself and crawl to drink spilled wine, and warned him not to harass Blazing Enchantress again.
• The registration Soul Masters gave Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress identity jade plaques, listing her as the Azure Mountain Sword Sect's Sect Leader Madam.
• Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress crossed the Moon Mesh River, rented horses, and rode toward the Qin Family Villa while Blazing Enchantress worried about Lu Feng's poison.
• After recovering, Chu Youren demanded Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress's identity information, then argued with Chu Youwei and pressured her to marry into the Luo Family for the Chu Family's advancement.
• Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress waited at the Qin Family Villa, where Lu Feng recognized Qin Tianliang, Qin Taiheng, and Qin Chaose as enemies from the Grand Illusionary Realm.
• Qin Tianliang stared lustfully at Blazing Enchantress and approached Lu Feng and her with a warm smile.

Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress visited Qin Su at the Qin Family Villa, where Qin Su recognized Lu Feng as the Azure Mountain Sect Master and warmly welcomed the couple. Outside the rear courtyard, Qin Tianliang realized Lu Feng’s standing made his desire for Blazing Enchantress dangerous to pursue openly, while Qin Su and Blazing Enchantress felt an inexplicable closeness.

• Lu Feng concealed his hostility toward Qin Tianliang and politely introduced himself while Blazing Enchantress identified Lu Feng as her husband and declined Qin Tianliang’s advances.
• After a maid summoned the couple to meet Third Madam Qin, Qin Tianliang followed them secretly, while Qin Taiheng and Qin Chaose waited outside the rear courtyard.
• Qin Taiheng and Qin Chaose discussed Blazing Enchantress’s beauty, and Qin Taiheng warned his younger brother against speaking carelessly about Qin Tianliang.
• Qin Su welcomed Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress in the rear courtyard and revealed that she knew Lu Feng was the Azure Mountain Sect Master.
• Qin Tianliang overheard Qin Su’s words and reconsidered pursuing Blazing Enchantress openly, while Qin Su and Blazing Enchantress exchanged a warm, inexplicable sense of closeness.

Lu Feng sought a Pu Yang Flower to cure his poisoned students, and Qin Tianliang offered to guide him and Blazing Enchantress to the Sun Family’s banquet. Watching them leave together, Jiang Ruoyun believed Lu Feng had betrayed her and resolved to confront him.

• Lu Feng asked Qin Su to help find a Pu Yang Flower, and Qin Su promised to assist him.
• Qin Tianliang said Sun Meimei had a Pu Yang Flower and offered to take Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress to the Sun Family’s Night Banquet.
• Qin Su arranged for Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress to go to the Linliu Pavilion, while Qin Tianliang secretly planned to use the visit to undermine Lu Feng.
• Jiang Ruoyun, Red Scorpion, and Qing Huang watched the Qin Family villa as Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress left in a carriage with Qin Tianliang.
• Jiang Ruoyun recognized Lu Feng, broke down in tears, and asked to confront him while she and Red Scorpion pursued their mission at the Linliu Pavilion.

Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress went to Linliu Pavilion to seek the Pu Yang Flower for the poisoned person, and Qin Tianliang arranged for Sun Liuliu to meet them. When Lu Feng came face to face with Sun Liuliu, he recognized her as the instigator behind Leng Huaping’s near-fatal injuries in the Grand Illusionary Realm, and the chapter ended with Sun Liuliu asking whether he was the poisoned person.

• Qin Tianliang led Lu Feng, Blazing Enchantress, and Qin Su to Linliu Pavilion, a vast floating pavilion built by descendants of the Spirit Restorationist clan.
• Qin Su explained that Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress would be seated among the lowest-status guests, while Qin Tianliang went upstairs to speak with Sun Meimei.
• Qin Tianliang returned and said Sun Meimei would part with the Pu Yang Flower only if she could meet the poisoned person.
• Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress went to Sun Liuliu’s dressing room, where Sun Liuliu admired Lu Feng’s appearance.
• Lu Feng recognized Sun Liuliu as the true instigator who had gravely wounded Leng Huaping in the Grand Illusionary Realm and struggled to contain his anger.
• Sun Liuliu mistook Lu Feng’s expression for awe at her beauty and asked whether he was the poisoned person.

Lu Feng sought a Pu Yang Flower from Sun Liuliu to cure the Absolute Yang Powder poisoning, but she tried to recruit him before offering to sell it for thirty High-Grade Source Stones. After Lu Feng rejected her recruitment and Qin Tianliang’s attempt to exploit his predicament, Lu Feng agreed to pay the inflated price and demanded that Sun Liuliu prepare the flower.

• Sun Liuliu told Lu Feng that the Pu Yang Flower could help cure his poison, but warned that she had ties to the Six Harmonies Sect, which had made the Absolute Yang Powder.
• Sun Liuliu brought Lu Feng into her private chamber and offered him the flower if he joined the Sun Family and served her.
• Lu Feng refused Sun Liuliu’s offer and left the chamber, prompting her to order Uncle Ya to stop him.
• Qin Tianliang taunted Blazing Enchantress and suggested Lu Feng had begged Sun Liuliu for his life, but Lu Feng emerged and rejected the accusation.
• Sun Liuliu offered the Pu Yang Flower for thirty High-Grade Source Stones, and Qin Tianliang pretended to offer Lu Feng a loan.
• Lu Feng accepted Sun Liuliu’s price and told her to prepare the Pu Yang Flower.

Lu Feng paid Sun Liuliu thirty High-Grade Source Stones for the Pu Yang Flower, then returned to the crowded pavilion and unexpectedly saw Jiang Ruoyun. He denied knowing her to protect Blazing Enchantress’s cover, but Jiang Ruoyun and Red Scorpion approached him, leaving him and Blazing Enchantress unsure how to respond.

• Lu Feng revealed thirty High-Grade Source Stones, prompting Sun Liuliu to recognize him as the Azure Mountain Sword Sect Master and accept the stones in exchange for the Pu Yang Flower.
• Sun Liuliu asked Lu Feng to stay for the Night Banquet, promising that Uncle Ya would bring the Pu Yang Flower to him.
• Lu Feng and Blazing Enchantress returned to the Second Floor Pavilion, where Lu Feng spotted Jiang Ruoyun and pulled away from Blazing Enchantress.
• Qin Tianliang noticed Jiang Ruoyun and asked Lu Feng to introduce them, but Lu Feng claimed he did not know her.
• Jiang Ruoyun saw Lu Feng deny knowing her, and Red Scorpion took her by the hand and led her toward him.
• Jiang Ruoyun and Red Scorpion reached Lu Feng, while Blazing Enchantress froze, troubled by her genuine feelings for him.

Lu Feng used a staged collapse to make Jiang Ruoyun believe he was poisoned and hiding his pain from her, but the confrontation shifted when Jun Zi Shuo accused Sun Pingzeng of plotting against his family. Jun Zi Shuo ordered Bai Ju to strike Sun Pingzeng, and Lu Feng recognized the one-armed warrior as the famed Fastest Blade Under Heaven.

• Lu Feng pretended to vomit blue-black blood and claimed the Absolute Yang Powder had poisoned him, causing Jiang Ruoyun to abandon her resentment and worry over him.
• Sun Pingzeng approached and rebuked Blazing Enchantress, while Lu Feng recognized him as the Sun Family's Seventh Family Head and Ghost Performer's enemy.
• Jun Zi Shuo accused Sun Pingzeng of bribing Black List desperadoes and warned him not to harm his third brother.
• Jun Zi Shuo ordered Uncle Knife to act, and the black-robed man struck Sun Pingzeng with a swift blade technique, leaving him badly wounded.
• Lu Feng recognized the one-armed Uncle Knife as Bai Ju, the Heaven List's seventh-ranked warrior and the former Number One Fastest Blade Under Heaven.
• Du Lehu asked whether the black-robed man was truly Bai Ju, while Bai Ju remained silent and Jun Zi Shuo stood nearby.

Jun Zi Shuo silenced the banquet hall, warned Sun Pingzeng against attacking the Jun Family again, and left with Bai Ju. Sun Liuliu then explained that Sun Chengnuo had disappeared and offered a lifelong supply of resources and three promises for information or his safe return, while Lu Feng concealed that Sun Chengnuo was asleep inside his Kirin Ring.

• Jun Zi Shuo protected Bai Ju from questions, confronted Sun Pingzeng over the injury to Jun Zi Mo, and warned him not to repeat the attack.
• Lu Feng explained that Jun Zi Shuo, despite having crippled roots and no cultivation talent, was the Jun Family's future head; Sun Liuliu ordered Uncle Ya to investigate Sun Pingzeng's actions.
• Sun Liuliu hosted the banquet and announced that her younger brother, Sun Chengnuo, had vanished on the way home from the Six Harmonies Sect.
• Sun Liuliu recounted that Sun Chengnuo had disappeared after Uncle Ya went to buy snacks, and that his maid had been found dead; she said the Limitless Sect had been ruled out.
• Sun Liuliu promised lifelong resources for information about Sun Chengnuo and three unconditional promises for his safe return, while Lu Feng silently sensed him sleeping in the Living Spirit Space inside his Kirin Ring.

Lu Feng obtained the Pu Yang Flower antidote, but Jiang Ruoyun grew jealous when he appeared close to Blazing Enchantress and agreed to attend the Lantern Festival with Qin Tianliang. After learning about Yin Xiaolou’s whereabouts, Lu Feng left the banquet with Blazing Enchantress and Qin Su, then declined Qin Su’s offer of lodging, leaving her curious about his plans.

• Sun Liuliu gave Lu Feng the Pu Yang Flower, and he felt relieved that he had an antidote for the Absolute Yang Powder poison.
• Jiang Ruoyun accepted Qin Tianliang’s Lantern Festival invitation to make Lu Feng jealous, and Lu Feng invited Qin Tianliang to join him the next day.
• Jiang Ruoyun left with Red Scorpion after becoming angry at Qin Tianliang’s reference to Lu Feng’s family, while Qin Tianliang kept Lu Feng from following her.
• Lu Feng overheard Jun Ziqian speaking with Yin Moyin and learned that Yin Xiaolou was away with Luo Xiaoxi, studying at the Cold Light Sect.
• Lu Feng, Blazing Enchantress, and Qin Su left the Night Banquet, and Lu Feng declined Qin Su’s offer of two guest rooms at the Qin Family residence.

Lu Feng vowed that the Sun Family and Qin Tianliang would pay for their actions, while Jiang Ruoyun reflected on her feelings for Lu Feng and worried that the Phoenix Lord might oppose him. The chapter ended with Azure Mountain Sword Sect leaders examining news that Beast Taming Manor and the Thunder Fire Sect had both been wiped out.

• Lu Feng reassured Blazing Enchantress about Jiang Ruoyun and vowed to make the Sun Family and Qin Tianliang repay their offenses.
• Jiang Ruoyun admitted to Red Scorpion that she still cared for Lu Feng and planned to give him until the Lantern Festival to explain himself.
• Jiang Ruoyun told Red Scorpion that the Phoenix Lord had previously sent Fan Yi to kill Lu Feng and now wanted her to meet powerful young men.
• Red Scorpion promised to find out why the Phoenix Lord wanted to arrange those introductions and to help Jiang Ruoyun and Lu Feng.
• Huang Helou, Bi Kongjing, and Chen Shangu gathered at Jun Man Restaurant and examined news that Beast Taming Manor and the Thunder Fire Sect had been destroyed.

Lu Feng reunited with Huang Helou, Bi Kongjing, and Chen Shangu at Jun Man Restaurant and revealed that he had obtained the Sect Tokens of Beast Taming Manor and Thunder Fire Sect. The elders accepted his leadership and agreed to help with the next stage of his plan.

• Huang Helou, Bi Kongjing, and Chen Shangu debated whether to wait for Lu Feng or seek a chance to return the Azure Mountain Sword Sect to the Sect Force Realm.
• The three sensed Lu Feng arrive at Jun Man Restaurant with Blazing Enchantress and noticed that his aura seemed weak and possibly injured.
• Lu Feng reassured the elders that Blazing Enchantress was one of them, and she felt flustered as they appraised her.
• Lu Feng placed the Sect Tokens of Beast Taming Manor and Thunder Fire Sect on the table, astonishing the elders and confirming that he had secured them.
• Bi Kongjing gained respect for Lu Feng's strategy, and Lu Feng asked him and Chen Shangu to assist with the next stage of his plan; both agreed.

Lu Feng planned to use the Law Division Building’s Mid-Month Auction to recover the two Sect Tokens for the Azure Mountain Sword Sect, while the others discussed his Scavenger identity and his poisoned condition. The chapter ended with Huang Helou recognizing Blazing Enchantress as possibly the daughter of Qin Bu’er.

• Lu Feng told Huang Helou, Chen Shangu, and Bi Kongjing that he would auction the Sect Tokens through the Law Division Building so the Azure Mountain Sword Sect could bid for them legitimately.
• Blazing Enchantress revealed that Beast Taming Manor and the Thunder Fire Sect had never been in conflict, and Lu Feng considered who had concealed information about the Mystic Wind Scavenger.
• Lu Feng explained that his supposed palm technique came from Zen Meaning and told the others he had been poisoned by Absolute Yang Powder.
• Huang Helou offered to protect Lu Feng while he recovered, but Chen Shangu agreed to help build the students’ residence on QuFu Mountain instead.
• Blazing Enchantress offered to go to QuFu Mountain, and Lu Feng tentatively asked Huang Helou whether she might be Qin Bu’er’s child.

Huang Helou revealed that Qin Bu'er once loved a common woman surnamed Tang, whom Blazing Enchantress believed was her mother, and denied that Qin Bu'er had ordered their deaths. Lu Feng persuaded Blazing Enchantress to stay in Profound Gold City to investigate the mystery, while he began recovering from his injuries.

• Huang Helou recounted how a failed Demon Extermination campaign killed Qin Jiuding and left Qin Bu'er gravely wounded, and said Qin Bu'er had once loved a pregnant woman surnamed Tang.
• Blazing Enchantress said Qin Bu'er had sent assassins after her and her mother, but Huang Helou and Lu Feng doubted he would commit such a crime.
• Huang Helou described Qin Bu'er’s strained marriage to Yu Ruyan and shared rumors about Qin Su’s husband dying in a Fire Abyss after Qin Sannuo’s aid arrived late.
• Lu Feng urged Blazing Enchantress to remain in Profound Gold City and investigate her family’s past; she agreed to stay with Ghost Performer and prepare a courtyard.
• Lu Feng gave Blazing Enchantress array plates for the courtyard, then returned to his room to recover while Huang Helou and Bi Kongjing guarded him.