Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng confronted Artisan Hero, who revealed that he knew Qu Kan and appeared to recognize Lu Feng’s parents through Purple Eyes. Artisan Hero offered to teach Lu Feng his Array Puppet Dao, but Lu Feng accused him of trying to gain his trust with an empty promise.

• Lu Feng questioned Artisan Hero about Qu Kan and several people connected to his parents, and Artisan Hero’s reactions suggested he knew them.
• Artisan Hero said Qu Kan had fled to the Southern Continent, where he had also received Artisan Hero’s guidance.
• Lu Feng inferred that his parents likely had Purple Eyes, the feature that had led others to question his origins.
• Artisan Hero offered to pass on the Array Puppet Dao, astonishing Ru Jijie, Qian Meng, and the others.
• Lu Feng called Artisan Hero shameless for making the offer without a clear exchange.

Artisan Hero offered Lu Feng his rare array materials in exchange for the art of Guiding Stars into Jade, while Lu Feng bargained for a better deal. The exchange remained unsettled as Huang Helou and Gu Tianlao watched from a distance, puzzled by the pair’s behavior.

• Lu Feng rejected Artisan Hero’s promise to teach him the Array Puppet Dao later and asked for rare array materials instead.
• Artisan Hero sent Huang Helou, Gu Tianlao, and the others away before revealing his vast collection of heaven-grade treasures and beast cores.
• Lu Feng recognized the value of the collection and suspected Artisan Hero used an array in his palm to store the items.
• Lu Feng demanded ten or eight treasures, but Artisan Hero offered only one, then raised his offer to three as Lu Feng threatened to leave.
• Lu Feng argued that Artisan Hero needed the art more than he needed the materials, while Huang Helou and Gu Tianlao wondered why the two now seemed to be chatting like family.

Lu Feng outmaneuvered Artisan Hero to secure five treasures and a promise to teach him the Array Puppet Dao, then revealed his knowledge of Profound Qi and asked about his parents. Artisan Hero concealed what he knew, and Lu Feng offered him the art of Guiding Stars into Jade while hinting that he also had Star Jade.

• Lu Feng used their high-five oath to insist Artisan Hero owed him five treasures, help with three arrays, and future instruction, and Artisan Hero eventually agreed to let him choose five treasures.
• Lu Feng selected five types of Five Extremes Jade, and Artisan Hero warned that controlling them required the Heaven Soul Realm.
• Artisan Hero sensed the Profound Qi within Lu Feng and angrily questioned why he had chosen a dangerous cultivation path; Lu Feng asked who his parents were, but Artisan Hero denied knowing them.
• Artisan Hero asked whether Lu Feng had found Northern Essence Water, then promised to teach him the Array Puppet Dao once he reached the Heaven Soul Realm.
• Lu Feng stopped Artisan Hero from putting away the treasures and presented him with a copy of Star Chess Strategy, saying he also possessed Star Jade.

Lu Feng negotiated with Artisan Hero and chose several rare treasures to strengthen his soul and prepare his arrays. Artisan Hero agreed to help him control the jades, then offered a Gao Golden Banner after Lu Feng asked for array flags.

• Lu Feng persuaded Artisan Hero to exchange one piece of Star Jade for five treasures by appealing to his need for a life-saving safeguard.
• Lu Feng chose Jade Hook Jade and Azure Stone to complete the sun and moon components of his Dragon Slaying Array, and Artisan Hero agreed to help him control them.
• Lu Feng selected the Illusory Infant Ghost Vulture and Kasyapa Precious Dew, explaining that he planned to use the dew to strengthen and heal his soul.
• Artisan Hero urged Lu Feng to finish choosing, and Lu Feng asked whether he had any array flags instead of taking another treasure.
• Artisan Hero produced a Gao Golden Banner, a lower-grade array weapon suitable for Heaven Grade Early Stage arrays.

Lu Feng obtained five Gao Golden Banners from Artisan Hero and asked him to identify the martial moves linked to Zhao Yan’s disappearance. Artisan Hero agreed to inspect the traces with Lu Feng, while Bi Kongjing reported the Eastern Thunder Sword Sect’s interference and mentioned an anxious woman waiting at the gate.

• Lu Feng accepted the five remaining Gao Golden Banners from Artisan Hero and learned they could help people soar through the air on cloud vapors.
• Lu Feng demonstrated the moves he had deduced from the secluded valley, and Artisan Hero said they vaguely reminded him of an Assassination Art used by someone he feared.
• Artisan Hero warned Lu Feng that the suspected expert might be beyond even his ability to defeat, but agreed to visit the mountain wall and examine the traces.
• Bi Kongjing reported that the Eastern Thunder Sword Sect had hired Black Market thugs to intercept people joining the Azure Mountain Sword Sect.
• Huang Helou told Bi Kongjing to deal with the threat at Sword Concealing Peak rather than confront the Eastern Thunder Sword Sect directly.
• Bi Kongjing said an anxious woman outside the mountain gate was demanding to see Lu Feng.

Lu Feng brought Artisan Hero to Azure Rock Mountain to help complete the final two platforms of the Dragon Slaying Array and improve its Starfall Platform. After discovering Lu Feng had more star jade than he had claimed, Artisan Hero demanded extra payment, while Huang Helou and Gu Tianlao wondered why Lu Feng was strengthening the Outer Sect.

• Bi Kongjing said he had arranged for Zhu Yuefu to verify a woman’s identity before she met the Sect Leader, and Gu Tianlao and Huang Helou speculated about Lu Feng’s romantic entanglements.
• Lu Feng led Artisan Hero to the Outer Sect plaza at Azure Rock Mountain and asked him to help set up the Heavenly Yang Platform and Immortal Moon Platform of the Dragon Slaying Array.
• Artisan Hero accepted Lu Feng’s array patterns, knowing they applied only to the existing Dragon Slaying Array and could not reveal how to build a new one.
• Lu Feng took out another piece of star jade to improve the Starfall Platform, angering Artisan Hero, who accused him of hiding how many pieces he had.
• Lu Feng promised Artisan Hero two more pieces of star jade in exchange for finishing the arrays properly and helping with one or two additional arrays.
• Huang Helou and Gu Tianlao watched from a distance and wondered why Lu Feng was strengthening Azure Rock Mountain rather than the sect’s defenses as a whole.

Lu Feng completed the Dragon Slaying Array and prepared a second array to retaliate against those trying to disgrace the Azure Mountain Sword Sect. When Lin Xiaowan arrived with an urgent message from her sister, Lu Feng agreed to go to Profound Gold City and arranged for her to study One United Sword Art under Zhu Yuefu; before leaving, he faced opposition over where to hold the Sect Founding Assembly.

• Lu Feng and Artisan Hero completed the Dragon Slaying Array’s nine platforms, and Lu Feng set up another array aimed at Xiong Erlian and Lian Taihe’s death.
• Lin Xiaowan arrived, saying Lin Xiaojin had sent her to find Lu Feng and warned that he might never see her again if he did not go to her.
• Lu Feng decided to travel to Profound Gold City and invited Lin Xiaowan to train in One United Sword Art under Zhu Yuefu.
• Zhu Yuefu admired Lin Xiaowan’s grasp of the basic form of Slice and considered taking her as a disciple.
• Lu Feng discussed the sect’s return to the world of powers and the Sect Founding Assembly with Huang Helou and the elders, who strongly opposed holding it at Azure Rock Mountain’s outer sect plaza.

Lu Feng learned that Shadow Fox, a notorious Black List criminal, had been killed by an unknown human who likely took Zhao Yan. After Lu Feng and Artisan Hero finished strengthening QuFu Mountain, Artisan Hero warned Gu Tianlao to keep Lu Feng safe, while Lu Feng remained worried about Zhao Yan and Lin Xiaojin.

• Lu Feng found no one at Lin's Soy Milk shop and later met Artisan Hero at the traces on QuFu Mountain.
• Artisan Hero identified the dead figure as Shadow Fox, ninth on the Black List, and said an unknown human had killed him.
• Lu Feng concluded Zhao Yan had likely been taken by the person who killed Shadow Fox and resolved to seek clues at Jun Man Restaurant.
• Over three days, Lu Feng and Artisan Hero completed QuFu Mountain's array, while Lu Feng repeatedly visited the Soy Juice Hall without finding Lin Xiaojin.
• As Artisan Hero departed, he warned Gu Tianlao not to let anything happen to Lu Feng, and Gu Tianlao arrived carrying an invitation from the Jun Family.

Lu Feng showed Gu Tianlao the formidable defenses and facilities he had built on QuFu Mountain, then learned the Jun Family had summoned him to a night banquet with other formation masters. After Gu Tianlao left, Lu Feng went to Profound Gold City for what he intended to be his last search for Lin Xiaojin at Lin's Soy Milk Shop.

• Lu Feng brought Gu Tianlao to QuFu Mountain and told him its formations were powerful enough for Lu Feng to handle first-rate opponents alone.
• Gu Tianlao admired the mountain's facilities and met Little Silver, while Lu Feng explained that the academy was designed for a small number of students.
• Gu Tianlao gave Lu Feng the Jun Family's invitation, and Lu Feng learned that other formation masters had also been invited to the night banquet.
• Gu Tianlao returned to the Sword Sect to await news about the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins, and Lu Feng said he would not use one of the sect's slots.
• Lu Feng went to Lin's Soy Milk Shop in Profound Gold City, intending to visit the Lin Family residence if he still could not find Lin Xiaojin.

Lu Feng rescued Lin Xiaojin from Gongsun Che and his servants by using Soul Force to throw them out of the shop. He discovered a heavily concealed, near-Earth Soul Realm man under a table, and Lin Xiaojin revealed that she knew him as Brother Ji.

• Lu Feng went to Lin's Soy Milk Shop and found Gongsun Che and three servants cornering Lin Xiaojin.
• Lu Feng used Soul Force to hurl Gongsun Che and the servants out of the shop and into the Moon Mesh River.
• Lu Feng comforted Lin Xiaojin after she emerged from behind the counter, still holding her dagger.
• Lu Feng noticed a man beneath a table whose aura he could barely detect, then discovered that his cultivation was close to the Earth Soul Realm.
• Lin Xiaojin helped the man up and called him Brother Ji, leaving Lu Feng puzzled about how the powerful man had been defeated.

Lu Feng learned that Lin Xiaojin wanted him to impersonate her brother so the Lin Family could uphold its marriage alliance and protect her and Chu Youwei from Gongsun Che and Luo Tianfu. He agreed and decided to start immediately, though Lin Xiaojin had not prepared a plan.

• Lu Feng sensed that the frail Ji had unusually weak spiritual energy, and Lin Xiaojin sent servants to carry him home.
• Lin Xiaojin asked Lu Feng to pretend to be her brother, but he initially refused because he considered it unrighteous.
• Lin Xiaojin explained that the deception could protect Chu Youwei from being forced to marry Luo Tianfu and keep Gongsun Che from harassing her.
• When Lin Xiaojin vowed to kill Gongsun Che and Luo Tianfu herself, Lu Feng agreed to impersonate her brother.
• Lu Feng questioned Lin Xiaojin about preparations for the impersonation, learned she had made none, and decided they would begin at once.

Lu Feng used Lin Xiaojin’s Disguise Technique to impersonate her brother Lin Liyun, learning details of his past and adopting his appearance. When Gongsun Che stormed into the Soy Juice Hall, Lu Feng’s swift attack and Lin Xiaojin’s claim that he was her brother left Gongsun Che questioning whether Lin Liyun had survived.

• Lu Feng asked Lin Xiaojin to disguise him as Lin Liyun, and she prepared his hair, face, and clothes while recounting her brother’s history and relationships.
• Lin Xiaojin explained that Lin Liyun had practiced the Little Burial Flower Sword Canon and might have a childhood scar on the back of his head, though she could not confirm the details because her blind Grandma was overcome with grief.
• After Lin Xiaojin finished the disguise, Lu Feng noticed how closely the clothes fit and realized she had prepared them for the brother she hoped would return.
• Gongsun Che and his group broke into the Soy Juice Hall, and he accused Lin Xiaojin of hiding a man there.
• Lin Xiaojin called Lu Feng her brother, and Lu Feng knocked four servants back with chopsticks carrying sword intent.
• Gongsun Che recognized the familiar sword intent and, despite believing Lin Liyun had died three years earlier, warily asked whether Lin Xiaojin’s brother was still alive.

Lu Feng, disguised as Lin Liyun, drove Gongsun Che away and arranged with Lin Xiaojin how to explain Lin Liyun’s return before coordinating with Night Feather Hall and collecting Spirit Source Liquid. As he left the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in his own identity, the Black List killer Evil Yin Grand Duke attacked his soul, but a mysterious Soul Consciousness intervened and saved him.

• Lu Feng warned Gongsun Che to stop pestering Lin Xiaojin, and Gongsun Che left after seeing Lu Feng’s strength.
• Lin Xiaojin recognized that Lu Feng was not truly her brother, then agreed to explain Lin Liyun’s return with a story about amnesia and Fire Insect Poison.
• Lu Feng visited the remote courtyard to leave instructions for Night Feather Hall, then collected Spirit Source Liquid at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and placed another order.
• As Lu Feng left the pavilion, Evil Yin Grand Duke’s soul attack immobilized him and sent Long Needles toward his life soul.
• A powerful, gentle Soul Consciousness enveloped Lu Feng and dispelled the attack, leaving him shaken but alive.

Puxin confronted Lu Feng over Ye Fan, who had ruined her Zen Virtue and unsettled her Zen heart, while Lu Feng recovered from Evil Yin Grand Duke’s ambush and prepared for a gathering at the Jun Family Villa. There, he reunited with Ru Jijie, Qian Meng, and Xia Yiyun, then faced hostility from Qian Meng’s disciple Bao Yu.

• Puxin saved Lu Feng from Evil Yin Grand Duke, then demanded to know where Ye Fan was because he had ruined her Zen Virtue and disturbed her Zen heart.
• Lu Feng pointed Puxin toward the Body Sect, where Ye Fan might have gone to find Old Tang, and she hurried away in anger.
• Lu Feng completed his transaction with Sun Liuliu by tempering the crystal she needed, then refined Kasyapa Precious Dew and healed most of the Ancient Desolation Altar soul corpse’s injuries.
• Lu Feng followed his invitation to the Jun Family Villa, where he met Ru Jijie, Qian Meng, and Xia Yiyun, and congratulated Xia Yiyun on reaching the Earth Soul Realm.
• Bao Yu, Qian Meng’s disciple, questioned Lu Feng’s reputation, and Qian Meng reprimanded him before apologizing to Lu Feng.

Lu Feng attended the Jun Family’s Night Banquet with Qian Meng, Ru Jijie, and the others, where representatives from many factions had gathered. As the guests settled into Jun Ya Pavilion, Lu Feng seated Xia Yiyun beside him, leaving Qian Baoyu standing and increasingly resentful.

• Lu Feng recognized Qian Baoyu as the Qian Tian Sect’s Chief Disciple, and Qian Meng rebuked him for claiming that Qian Xin had been lured away.
• Qian Meng pointed out that the Jun Family had invited representatives from the Weapon Sect, Heavenly Cuisine Villa, Longevity Valley, and the Evolution Sky Sect.
• Lu Feng noticed that the Evolution Sky Sect’s female array master seemed awkward and uncoordinated, but Qian Meng dismissed the observation.
• Lu Feng and the others entered Jun Ya Pavilion, where guests watched a Sword Dance before the banquet began.
• Lu Feng made space for Xia Yiyun to sit beside him, while Qian Baoyu remained standing behind Qian Meng and grew jealous of their closeness.

Jun Zi Shuo invited guests from many factions to demonstrate ways to purify impurities in a dagger and a beast core, though Lu Feng suspected the items were a test and a means of recruitment. After Bai Ju severed a fragment from the dagger, Xue Zier began treating it with Jade Cloud Powder, while Jun Zi Shuo continued seeking other methods.

• Jun Zi Shuo presented a dagger and beast core with impurities and asked the guests for suitable purification methods.
• Lu Feng noticed the impurities seemed deliberately added and guessed Jun Zi Shuo was testing and recruiting guests through the demonstration.
• Xue Zier volunteered to use Purple Cloud Mountain's Jade Cloud Powder to purify a fragment of the dagger.
• Bai Ju snapped off the dagger's tip with one hand, astonishing the guests, while Lu Feng recognized him as the Heaven List's seventh-ranked expert.
• Jun Zi Shuo had Xue Zier begin treating the fragment, then invited other guests to try their methods.
• Ru Jijie urged Qian Meng to demonstrate his sect's Qiankun One Qi on the beast core.

At Jun Zi Shuo’s banquet, the factions tested their methods for refining iron fragments, but none achieved the required purity. Qian Baoyu singled out Lu Feng to try next, and Lu Feng realized the Evolution Sky Sect guests had vanished.

• Qian Meng and other faction representatives took turns refining iron fragments while Jun Zi Shuo watched.
• Xia Yiyun explained Longevity Valley’s false Nine-Pattern Soul Core method and its benefits to Lu Feng.
• Uncle Wen inspected the fragments and reported that every faction had left some impurities behind.
• Jun Zi Shuo concluded the methods failed to meet the requirements of Jun Ziya’s plan.
• Qian Baoyu challenged Lu Feng to take his turn, drawing the guests’ attention to him.
• Lu Feng looked for the Evolution Sky Sect guests and discovered they were no longer in the venue.

At Jun Zi Shuo’s Night Banquet, Lu Feng was challenged to demonstrate his refining skills and asked the Jun Family to provide two rare jade stones. After Jun Zi Shuo arranged a private space for him, a servant announced that Miss Yi had arrived.

• Yin Feiqiao and Qian Baoyu mocked Lu Feng for appearing unable to demonstrate his skills, while Jun Zi Shuo watched without intervening.
• Xia Yiyun urged Lu Feng not to act out of anger, but Lu Feng stepped onto the platform and named Extreme Wood Fallen Heart Flame and Extreme Fire Sea Melt Jade as the materials he needed.
• Lu Feng claimed he could purify even many pieces of the rare jade, and Jun Zi Shuo ordered Uncle Wen to fetch some.
• Uncle Wen returned with two fist-sized pieces of jade, and Lu Feng agreed they were enough for his method.
• Lu Feng asked for an empty space, and Jun Zi Shuo rebuked Yin Feiqiao before ordering Xiao Tao to prepare a guest room for Lu Feng.
• A servant arrived and reported that Miss Yi was requesting an audience.

Lu Feng returned from Jun Zi Shuo’s guest room after secretly tempering the iron fragment, while Yin Feiqiao and Qian Baoyu plotted a sneak attack. As poisoned Long Needles flew toward Lu Feng, someone leaped in front of him and blocked them with their body.

• Jun Zi Shuo refused Jun Ziyi’s request to meet Lu Feng, and Lu Feng settled into a guest room in Jun Yue Pavilion.
• Lu Feng stored the Extreme Wood Fallen Heart Flame and Extreme Fire Sea Melt Jade, then tempered Jun Zi Shuo’s iron fragment with the Fire Wood Azure Bloom.
• As Lu Feng remained away, Qian Baoyu and Yin Feiqiao mocked him, and Xia Yiyun defended him.
• Qian Baoyu and Yin Feiqiao staged a quarrel to approach Lu Feng, then Yin Feiqiao released thirteen poisoned Long Needles at him.
• Lu Feng prepared to evade the Long Needles, but an unidentified figure leaped in front of him and took the attack.

After Xiao Tao died protecting Lu Feng from Yin Feiqiao and Qian Baoyu’s attack, Lu Feng nearly killed Yin Feiqiao before Jun Zi Shuo intervened. Lu Feng stayed at the Jun residence to meet Jun Ziyi and discuss an important matter, while Yin Feiqiao and his elder fled.

• Xiao Tao died after taking the attack meant for Lu Feng, explaining that she had acted to protect Jun Zi Shuo from trouble.
• Enraged, Lu Feng attacked Yin Feiqiao, but Yin Feiqiao’s elder blocked the sword and urged Lu Feng to remember that he was on Jun Family territory.
• Jun Zi Shuo’s guard thanked Lu Feng for defending Xiao Tao, and Lu Feng handed over the iron fragments; the guard confirmed they had been perfectly tempered.
• Yin Feiqiao and his elder left the residence in a panic after Jun Zi Shuo allowed them to go.
• Jun Zi Shuo persuaded Lu Feng to stay by saying Jun Ziyi wanted to see him and that he had an important matter to discuss.
• Qian Meng left before Lu Feng could question her, while Xia Yiyun returned to Azure Cloud Stream with her master after Lu Feng promised to visit her.