Chapter Summaries

Chu Youwei hid in Lu Feng’s room while guards investigated the commotion and brought Lin Xiaojin in as a suspected assassin. Lu Feng claimed Lin Xiaojin had come to find him, leaving the two women concealed together as the guards approached.

• Chu Youwei recognized Lin Xiaojin’s voice outside and panicked, while Lu Feng realized the Hidden Guard questioning the servants was Luo Chen Shu.
• Remnant Cloud ordered the guards to bring in the captured intruder and decided to meet Lu Feng, the Luo Family’s Honored Guest.
• Chu Youwei found an aura-isolating array beneath the bed, and Lu Feng activated it so they could hide from the guards.
• Luo Chen Shu questioned Lin Xiaojin, who insisted she had come to find someone rather than carry out an assassination.
• Lu Feng claimed Lin Xiaojin had come to find him, and Lin Xiaojin confirmed that she had come to see Big Brother Lu.

Lu Feng helped Lin Xiaojin and Chu Youwei evade suspicion after Lin Xiaojin sneaked into the Luo Family Estate, while Remnant Cloud dropped his investigation into the array disturbance. Chu Youwei remained trapped in Lu Feng’s room, and he realized she had come to assassinate Luo Tianfu.

• Luo Chen Shu stopped Lin Xiaojin from entering Lu Feng’s room, but Lin Xiaojin claimed she had come for a secret tryst with Lu Feng.
• Remnant Cloud questioned Lu Feng about the Estate Protection Array disturbance, and Lu Feng blamed an error while studying array formations.
• After the guards left, Lin Xiaojin recognized Chu Youwei in the room and left without understanding that Chu Youwei wanted replacement clothes.
• Lu Feng inferred that Chu Youwei had mistaken him for Luo Tianfu and asked whether she had come to assassinate him.
• Chu Youwei warned Lu Feng not to pry and said she would leave once things outside quieted down.

Jun Ziya investigated the strange auction bidding and the scheme that implicated the Four Great Families while negotiations over the West Sheep Mountain ore vein continued. She asked Jun Zi Shuo whether he had any suspects, but the chapter ended before he answered.

• Luo Chen Shu told Remnant Cloud that the Lin Family girl had left, and Remnant Cloud decided to wait for Luo Tianci to handle the matter.
• At West Sheep Mountain, Luo Tianci abandoned plans to claim a share of the Fine Iron Ore Vein after learning that Jun Ziya and other factions were involved.
• Jun Ziqian arrived at Jun Ziya's camp with Jun Zi Shuo and reported that someone had used the Ringed Banyan Tree auction to swindle Sun Liuliu out of three hundred and thirty High-Grade Source Stones.
• Jun Zi Shuo said the scheme targeted the Sun and Luo Families and had also implicated the Qin Family, while mysterious messages had pressured Luo Tianfu and Sun Liuliu to bid.
• Jun Ziya studied Jun Zi Shuo's draft auction record and asked whether he had any suspects.

Jun Zi Shuo and Jun Ziya assessed the suspicious Ringed Banyan Tree auction and planned reforms to the Law Division Building. Jun Ziya then ordered Jun Zi Shuo to investigate Luo Tianci’s Sect Token and watch the Azure Mountain Sect Master, whom she suspected was the Mystic Wind Scavenger behind the auction.

• Jun Zi Shuo identified Luo Tianfu, Qin Tianliang, and the mysterious Cloth-Clad Guest as suspects in the auction, and advised supporting the Sun and Luo Families’ investigation without taking the lead.
• Jun Ziya gave Jun Ziqian one month to reform the Law Division Building and prove he could lead it, while Jun Zi Shuo considered requiring bidders to claim high-value Consignment Gold in person under their real identities.
• Jun Zi Shuo told Jun Ziya that the Mystic Wind Scavenger had taken the Beast Taming Manor and Thunder Fire Sect Sect Tokens, but withheld his suspicion that Lu Feng was involved.
• Jun Ziya suspected that Luo Tianci and the Azure Mountain Sword Sect might have staged the Sect Token sales, and grew more suspicious after reviewing the items Lu Feng had bought at auction.
• Jun Ziya ordered Jun Zi Shuo to investigate the purpose of Luo Tianci’s Sect Token and monitor the Azure Mountain Sect Master, whom she believed might be the Mystic Wind Scavenger and the auction’s mastermind.

Jun Ziya ordered Shadow Fox to investigate someone close to Azure Mountain Sect Master, while Lu Feng and Chu Youwei tried to hide her from Luo Tianfu’s servant in the Luo Family Villa. The chapter ended with Chu Youwei and Lu Feng lying close together beneath the bedcovers as they waited for Luo Tianfu to return.

• Jun Zi Shuo asked Jun Ziya what she would do if the mastermind were identified, and she ordered him seized alive so she could question him.
• Jun Ziya sent Flame Sparrow to release Shadow Fox, explaining that he would investigate someone close to Zi Mo rather than confront the Azure Mountain Sect Master directly.
• A servant sent by Luo Tianfu came to retrieve his treasure, but the guards kept him from entering Lu Feng and Chu Youwei’s room.
• Chu Youwei asked Lu Feng for a Living Creature Pouch, but he refused because Sun Chengnuo was trapped inside his Kirin Ring.
• Chu Youwei told Lu Feng to get into bed and pretend to be sick behind the curtains if Luo Tianfu returned.
• Chu Youwei flattened herself beside Lu Feng to hide her shadow, then nervously tightened her grip on his throat as they shared the pillow.

Luo Tianfu returned to his residence and discovered that the Honored Guest in his room was Lu Feng, the Azure Mountain Sect Master, whom he despised. After learning Lu Feng had damaged the Estate Protection Array, Luo Tianfu grew wary but called on his trusted guard Uncle De to help drive Lu Feng out.

• Luo Tianfu returned wearing a coarse Floral Cloth Strip as a belt and asked who was inside his room.
• A guard told Luo Tianfu that Lu Feng, the Azure Mountain Sect Master, was the Honored Guest, and Luo Tianfu loudly insulted him before kicking the door open.
• Lu Feng pretended to be ill and unable to rise, but Luo Tianfu ordered him out of the room.
• Remnant Cloud and Luo Chen Shu arrived as Hidden Guards, and Remnant Cloud explained that Lu Feng had damaged the Estate Protection Array while setting up an array.
• Luo Tianfu claimed he had sealed off the Flower Boat because a servant had escaped, and Remnant Cloud noticed his concealed glint.
• Luo Tianfu asked Uncle De to drive Lu Feng out, and Uncle De recognized him as the Azure Mountain Sect Master.

Lu Feng was trapped in bed with Chu Youwei when Luo Tianfu ordered Uncle De to drag him out, and Chu Youwei recognized him as the man who had saved her. Lu Feng was struck and injured, while Jiang Ruoyun sensed his pain through their Union Array and feared he was fighting a dangerous enemy.

• Luo Tianfu demanded that Uncle De remove Lu Feng, despite learning that Lu Feng was Luo Tianci’s invited guest.
• Chu Youwei recognized Lu Feng by the scent of the man who had saved her and recalled their night together.
• Uncle De’s palm strike damaged the bed curtain, and Chu Youwei grabbed Lu Feng to stop him from exposing her.
• Uncle De struck again, and Lu Feng failed to react in time and coughed up blood.
• Jiang Ruoyun sensed through the Mandarin Duck Union Array that Lu Feng was injured and his heart was beating rapidly.

As Chu Youwei hid beneath Lu Feng’s quilt and kept hold of him to prevent him from betraying her, Lu Feng struggled to conceal his discomfort while Luo Tianci confronted Luo Tianfu. The chapter ended with Chu Youwei’s humiliation and rebellious thoughts giving way to unfamiliar desire.

• Luo Tianci returned in time to stop Uncle De’s third palm strike, but Chu Youwei tightened her grip on Lu Feng beneath the quilt.
• Lu Feng claimed he had fallen ill and apologized for damaging the Luo Family’s guest rooms as Luo Tianfu demanded that Luo Tianci cut ties with the Azure Mountain Sword Sect.
• Luo Tianci defended his friendship with the sect and mocked Luo Tianfu for losing his storage artifact and the source stones meant for bidding on the Ringed Banyan Tree.
• Lu Feng realized that someone had stolen Luo Tianfu’s storage artifact, but Chu Youwei shifted her pressure to her knee and pushed Lu Feng’s body out from beneath his underclothes.
• As she thought about Luo Tianfu’s desire for her and her own danger, Chu Youwei felt unfamiliar desire and became increasingly embarrassed.

Luo Tianfu discovered that his custom-made outfit had been worn and mistakenly decided Lu Feng shared his sexual tastes, then left hoping to use him against Luo Tianci. After Lu Feng accidentally soiled Chu Youwei, Luo Tianci noticed someone was beneath the blanket and mistook the situation for a secret affair.

• Luo Tianfu realized he needed to recover the stolen belt before the Luo Family learned he had lost family resources.
• Luo Tianfu found scraps of Shi Shi's custom outfit and, after learning the Lin Family Young Miss had visited, concluded that Lu Feng had worn it.
• Luo Tianfu left while secretly considering how to turn Lu Feng against Luo Tianci.
• After Luo Tianfu departed, Lu Feng accidentally splashed Chu Youwei, who pinched him in anger.
• Luo Tianci dismissed the servants, noticed signs of someone beneath the blanket, and assumed Lu Feng was hiding a woman.
• Luo Feng asked Luo Tianci to find women's clothing, and Luo Tianci silently judged his supposed bedroom exploits.

After an awkward encounter with Lu Feng in the Luo Family Villa, Chu Youwei left wearing borrowed clothes and met Lin Xiaojin, who hinted at a plan to protect her and help the Lin Family. Lin Xiaojin noticed something sticky in Chu Youwei’s damp hair as the chapter ended.

• After Luo Tianci left, Lu Feng argued with the resentful Chu Youwei and told her to keep quiet so they could leave without arousing suspicion.
• Three Maids brought Chu Youwei women’s clothes, and Lu Feng caught her foot when she tried to kick him before leaving the room.
• Chu Youwei discovered the outfits came without undergarments, changed into one, and walked out of the Luo Family Villa without being stopped.
• Luo Tianci teased Lu Feng about angering Chu Youwei, and Lu Feng blamed Luo Tianfu and the others for interrupting them.
• Lin Xiaojin pulled Chu Youwei into an alley, scolded her for attempting an assassination, and hinted that she had devised a plan to save Chu Youwei and help the Lin Family.
• Lin Xiaojin examined Chu Youwei’s borrowed clothes and ran her fingers through the damp, sticky strands of her hair.

Chu Youwei hid the humiliating truth about the stain in her hair by telling Lin Xiaojin it was rare Snow Region Ice Tail Fish stew, and Lin Xiaojin believed her and slipped back toward the Luo Family hoping to taste more. The chapter then shifted to Linliu Pavilion, where Sun Liuliu examined a luxurious belt while Hao Ran and a drenched, kneeling woman sat nearby.

• Lin Xiaojin mistook the sticky substance on Chu Youwei's hair for fish stew and licked it, declaring it delicious.
• Chu Youwei stopped Lin Xiaojin from licking her fingers and falsely claimed the substance was Snow Region Ice Tail Fish stew.
• Chu Youwei told Lin Xiaojin that the Azure Mountain Sect Master had saved her during her attempt to assassinate Luo Tianfu, leading to the Luo Family's treat.
• Chu Youwei left with Lin Xiaojin, but Lin Xiaojin returned to the Luo Family after they parted, hoping to get some fish stew.
• At Linliu Pavilion, Sun Liuliu admired a luxurious belt while Hao Ran sat beside her and a drenched woman knelt before them.

Sun Liuliu killed Shi Shi to conceal the theft of Luo Tianfu’s storage item and planned to manipulate Shi Shi’s sister, while Luo Tianfu’s violent search for Shi Shi led to the deaths of more than eighty people and his detention. At the Luo Family Villa, Luo Xiaoxi woke to find the rear courtyard demolished and learned Lu Feng had caused the damage.

• Sun Liuliu had Uncle Ya restrain Shi Shi, then ordered Xiao Kai to burn her body with Southern God Fire.
• Sun Liuliu ordered Uncle Ya to watch Shi Shi’s family and, if they remained peaceful, frame the Luo Family for Shi Shi’s death and recruit her younger sister into the Dark Pavilion.
• Luo Tianfu ordered a soul master to search everyone aboard his ship, leaving more than eighty courtesans and servants in comas before the ship was burned at dawn.
• Luo Family elders detained Luo Tianfu and took him back to the clan after his losses and the deaths aboard the Flower Boat came to light.
• Luo Xiaoxi found the rear courtyard demolished, and Lu Feng admitted that he had torn it down.

Luo Tianci discussed Luo Xiaoxi’s struggles with her new spear and considered asking Lu Feng to teach her. Lu Feng then learned that the Message Soul Jades of Shao Yue, Qian Xin, and Shao Yang had shattered, signaling a deadly crisis for his companions on QuFu Mountain, and rushed to save them.

• Luo Xiaoxi complained that she could not master her new spear or its technique, and Luo Tianci agreed to find her an instructor.
• Luo Tianci praised Lu Feng’s spear technique, but Luo Xiaoxi doubted his ability until she heard that he had suppressed Huai Ziyou.
• Luo Xiaoxi recalled Lu Feng’s frugal bargaining at the Lantern Festival and his discovery of a Heavenly Shell Crystal in a makeup box.
• Lin Xiaojin waited outside the Luo Family Villa and asked Lu Feng to save Chu Youwei.
• Lu Feng’s Message Soul Jades for Shao Yue, Qian Xin, and Shao Yang shattered in succession, indicating that his companions faced a desperate threat.
• Lu Feng told Lin Xiaojin to meet him at the Soy Juice Hall later and raced toward QuFu Mountain to reach his companions.

Lu Feng was pursued by Lian Taihe and forced into a fierce battle on an official road. After spotting a brief opening in Lian Taihe’s Black Sickle attacks, Lu Feng stabbed toward his abdomen.

• Lu Feng left Profound Gold City but could not shake the powerful aura pursuing him, so he stopped on an official road to face it.
• Lian Taihe caught up and struck Lu Feng, who countered with the Seven Souls Array but was knocked back while still weakened.
• Lian Taihe revealed his Black Sickle and attacked Lu Feng, who used the Formless Sword and Exquisite Steps to survive hundreds of exchanges.
• Lu Feng repeatedly asked Lian Taihe to stop, but Lian Taihe continued attacking and blamed him for his sect’s troubles.
• Lu Feng recognized the brief imbalance after Lian Taihe’s sweeping attacks and stabbed toward his abdomen.

Lu Feng fought his way past Lian Taihe and left him badly injured, but Poison Scorpion killed the Manor Lord and arranged to frame Lu Feng for the murder. Iron Toad prepared to spread the story after Lian Erxiong arrived at the scene and found her father dead.

• Lian Taihe used his split Black Sickle to wound Lu Feng, but Lu Feng answered with Buddha's Wrath Sword and drove him back.
• Lu Feng sheathed his sword and left, believing Lian Taihe was too injured to pursue him.
• Poison Scorpion stabbed Lian Taihe from behind and explained to Iron Toad that his death could be blamed on the Azure Mountain Sword Sect Master.
• Iron Toad agreed to spread the story throughout the Soul Master Realm, then noticed Lian Erxiong approaching her father's body.

Iron Toad manipulated Lian Erxiong and the Giant Scythe Manor elders into blaming the Azure Mountain Sword Sect for Lian Taihe’s death. Meanwhile, Lu Feng returned to QuFu Mountain, found his students safe but Zhao Yan missing after a fierce battle, and faced their sorrowful report.

• Lian Erxiong found Lian Taihe dead, and Iron Toad falsely implicated the Azure Mountain Sect Master by pointing to a bloodstained robe fragment and recalling their dispute over the Sect Token.
• Wang Jinwu and Qi He restrained Lian Erxiong from rushing to the Azure Mountain Sword Sect, while Iron Toad proposed exposing the alleged murder at the sect’s founding assembly.
• Lu Feng returned to QuFu Mountain and, finding everyone absent, searched frantically until he discovered Chen Shangu, who had been away purchasing construction materials.
• Lu Feng sensed Man Zhongli’s Overlord’s Might Fist and hurried with Chen Shangu to a secluded valley, where he found Ruo Shui and his students alive but Zhao Yan missing.
• Lu Feng examined the wreckage of a battle between powerful Soul Masters, and Shao Yang told him that Zhao Yan had disappeared.

Lu Feng and Zhao Yan’s companions investigated Zhao Yan’s disappearance after finding his Plain Heart Ring hidden in the forest. Lu Feng concluded that Zhao Yan had been taken by an overwhelmingly powerful enemy, while strange battle marks suggested the enemy had faced an unexpected threat.

• Shao Yang told Lu Feng that Zhao Yan vanished after leaving to buy supplies and that his Plain Heart Ring’s connection suddenly broke.
• Lu Feng examined the Batwing Dart marks and concluded Zhao Yan had been forced to demonstrate his techniques before hiding the ring to keep his companions out of danger.
• Lu Feng led everyone back to the secluded valley to examine the battle marks and found evidence of two attackers with sharply different fighting styles.
• Lu Feng suspected one attacker’s bizarre marks resembled the claws of a wild beast and that the captor had encountered an unexpected change.

Lu Feng reconstructed a deadly battle from its traces and gained new insights into assassination, but found no clue to Zhao Yan’s whereabouts. Jun Ziyi recognized one of the demonstrated moves, and Lu Feng insisted that Zhao Yan’s status as his student mattered more than any offense he might have committed.

• Lu Feng followed the battle traces through the valley, inferred that one fighter had endured suppression while waiting for a chance to strike, and found bloodstains where the fight ended.
• Lu Feng found no trace of Zhao Yan, but also no sign of his corpse or blood, and demonstrated the reconstructed moves to Chen Shangu and the others.
• Jun Ziyi said one move felt familiar, and Shao Yang and Shao Yue wondered whether Zhao Yan might have offended the Jun Family.
• Lu Feng told the group that Zhao Yan was his student and that no one else had the right to punish him, regardless of his mistakes.

After Jun Ziyi left to seek help from her family in finding Zhao Yan, Lu Feng strengthened QuFu Mountain’s defenses and then traveled to the Azure Mountain Sword Sect. There, he learned the sect had begun recruiting new disciples, only to hear two men announce that recruitment had been canceled.

• Jun Ziyi returned the Plain Heart Ring to Lu Feng and asked him not to give it to anyone until they found Zhao Yan.
• Lu Feng returned to QuFu Mountain, planned its buildings and defensive formations with Chen Shangu, and spent five days guiding his students and preparing defenses.
• Lu Feng learned that Chen Shangu had been placed on standby for the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins, with no action expected for half a month.
• Lu Feng traveled to the Azure Mountain Sword Sect and saw applicants gathering for its New Disciple Assessment.
• Two burly men arrived at a teahouse near Azure Rock Mountain and ordered the applicants to leave, declaring that the sect had canceled recruitment.

Lu Feng intervened when two men posing as Azure Mountain Sword Sect disciples threatened a family, and uncovered a scheme to keep aspiring disciples from registering. After the boy Fei Fei declared that he wanted to learn the sword to protect his mother, the family faced a difficult choice about whether he would pursue cultivation.

• Lu Feng disguised himself to avoid being recognized, then stopped two men in Azure Mountain Sword Sect robes from attacking a couple and their son.
• A woman stepped in to fight the men and knocked them both down before forcing them to apologize to the family.
• Lu Feng questioned the men and learned that they had been paid in Lin Town to stop disciples from reaching the mountain to register.
• Lu Feng let the men flee and warned the family about the dangers of cultivation.
• Fei Fei refused to go home and tearfully insisted that he wanted to learn the sword so he could protect his mother.