Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng and Jun Zi Shuo discussed Jun Ziyi’s future and the Jun Family’s plan to secure a fine iron ore vein through a refinement method. Their private conversation was interrupted when the estate’s protection array was struck, leaving Jun Ziyi outside under guard and revealing how little standing she had in the family.

• Jun Zi Shuo invited Lu Feng and Jun Ziyi to stay, but Lu Feng said he had come to take Jun Ziyi back to continue her studies.
• Jun Zi Shuo insisted that Jun Ziyi should cultivate with the Jun Family, while Lu Feng challenged the family’s lack of support for her.
• Jun Zi Shuo privately told Lu Feng that Jun Ziya had arranged the Night Banquet to find a refinement method for exploiting impurities in the West Sheep Mountain ore vein.
• A blast shook the estate as the protection array was damaged, and Jun Zi Shuo went to investigate.
• Lu Feng asked Jun Ziyi to take shelter in the room, but her guard stopped her and Jun Zi Shuo did not intervene.

An attack on the Jun Family damaged its protective array, leaving Jun Zi Shuo and Jun Ziyi in danger as Lu Feng tried to protect them. Meanwhile, Jin Guan Kai used their chess game to describe a plan against Sun Liuliu, and Jun Zi Shuo opened a mysterious painting scroll that released a powerful Soul Consciousness.

• Sun Liuliu and Jin Guan Kai continued their chess game, and Jin Guan Kai broke the stalemate with an offensive move.
• A sneak attack damaged the Jun Family's Estate Protection Array, and Uncle Wen ordered Lu Feng to protect Jun Zi Shuo while he went to aid Yao Xuan.
• Masked assassins disguised as servants and maids attacked Jun Zi Shuo, and Jun Ziyi joined the fighting outside with the Mo Yuan Sword.
• Uncle Wen activated the Heaven Grade Mystic Gate Golden Armor Array around Jun Zi Shuo's room, preventing Lu Feng from bringing Jun Ziyi inside.
• Jun Zi Shuo opened an unfamiliar Painting Scroll despite Lu Feng's warning, releasing a powerful, gentle Soul Consciousness from its forest scene.
• Jin Guan Kai encircled Sun Liuliu's pieces, opened a deliberate gap in the cage, and said the flaw would let him devour the sparrow without fail.

Jun Ziyi and the remaining guards fought the masked assassins in the Jun Family courtyard while Lu Feng and Jun Zi Shuo were trapped in a soul-draining Painting Array. Lu Feng suspected the Sun Family was behind the assassination, and the array’s wolves merged into a giant wolf as the two searched for a way to survive.

• Jun Ziyi agreed with the guards to target the strongest Masked Man, whose fighting revealed traces of sword intent.
• Lu Feng and Jun Zi Shuo found themselves trapped beneath a waterfall inside a Painting Array after Jun Zi Shuo opened the scroll.
• Lu Feng discovered that the wolves were illusions whose Blood Eye Crystal gaze rapidly weakened his soul.
• Lu Feng suspected the Sun Family was behind the plot, connecting the array to Blood Eye Crystals and Sun Liuliu’s Heavenly Book of Calamity.
• The wolves merged into a giant wolf with blood-red eyes as Jun Zi Shuo grew increasingly haggard.

Jun Zi Shuo escaped the Painting Array using the Heaven Severing Divine Shuttle and the Golden Jade Saint Soul Armor, then emerged to find Jun Ziyi and the guards fighting assassins. As Lu Feng sensed more attackers nearby, Qi Zhao disarmed Jun Ziyi and charged at Jun Zi Shuo.

• Jin Guan Kai told Sun Liuliu that Jun Zi Shuo had no choice but to follow the layout and would escape.
• Jun Zi Shuo used the Heaven Severing Divine Shuttle to destroy the illusion array and Blood Eye Crystal, then the Golden Jade Saint Soul Armor dispersed the counterattack and erased the arrays.
• Lu Feng and Jun Zi Shuo left the room and found the guard leader gravely wounded, while Jun Ziyi fought the remaining assassins.
• Lu Feng recognized the masked swordsman as Qi Zhao of the Phantom Sword Sect and noticed two more hostile auras near the corridor.
• Jun Zi Shuo showed concern for Jun Ziyi, but Qi Zhao used a secret technique, knocked away her Mo Yuan Sword, and thrust at Jun Zi Shuo.

At the Jun Family estate, Lu Feng stopped Qi Zhao from killing Jun Zi Shuo and exposed Xiao Ju as a soul-controlled assassin. Just as the danger seemed over, a Red Serpent Nail streaked toward Lu Feng and Jun Zi Shuo.

• At Linliu Pavilion, Jin Guan Kai declared the game decided, but a white piece slipped from Sun Liuliu’s hand and landed beside his isolated piece, unsettling him.
• Qi Zhao attacked Jun Zi Shuo, but Jun Ziyi caught a spear Lu Feng kicked to her and used Heaven's Will Four Absolute Spears to force Qi Zhao to turn away.
• Qi Zhao attacked Jun Ziyi with Phantom Swordplay, and Lu Feng struck him into a stone wall with Overlord's Might Fist.
• Xiao Ju tried to stab Jun Zi Shuo, but Lu Feng knocked her away and realized she had been soul-seized and controlled.
• Lu Feng sealed Xiao Ju’s meridians and handed her to the guards while Jun Zi Shuo tended to Jun Ziyi; then a Red Serpent Nail streaked toward them.

Lu Feng stopped Luo Xiaoxi from injuring Jun Zi Shuo and found her hiding in a guest room, where she pressured Lu Feng to help her escape. As Jun Zi Shuo arrived, Lu Feng concealed Luo Xiaoxi, but Jun Zi Shuo dismissed his guards and stayed to discuss their earlier transaction.

• Lu Feng knocked Luo Xiaoxi's Red Serpent Nail aside before it could hit Jun Zi Shuo, then chased the fleeing assassin and found Luo Xiaoxi in a guest room.
• Luo Xiaoxi admitted she had tried to give Jun Zi Shuo a minor injury to postpone their wedding, and demanded Lu Feng help her escape the estate.
• Luo Xiaoxi threatened to accuse Lu Feng of bullying her and insisted he find Little Stupid Rhino, so Lu Feng agreed to help.
• When Jun Zi Shuo approached with guards, Luo Xiaoxi hid beneath the bedcovers, and Lu Feng used a Palm Wind to draw the curtains closed.
• Jun Zi Shuo entered the room alone, asked Lu Feng about the assassin, then said they should discuss their earlier transaction.

Lu Feng negotiated with Jun Zi Shuo over a refining formation, then learned how Jun Zi Mo had secretly protected him and why Jun Zi Shuo wanted his help. Jun Zi Shuo revealed that he had recognized the woman he loved at the city gate, but Lu Feng realized she might be either Yin Xiaolou or Tang Jing.

• Lu Feng refused to reveal the Fire Wood Azure Bloom method and offered to devise a cheaper refinement formation in exchange for the Jun Family's remaining Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Melt Jade.
• Jun Zi Shuo gave Lu Feng nearly ten letters from Jun Zi Mo, revealing that she had arranged for him to be secretly looked after and explaining several mysteries about his reputation and identities.
• Jun Zi Shuo told Lu Feng that he had guessed Lu Feng was the Mystic Wind Scavenger after the Law Division Building incident, while warning that his elder sister only suspected the truth.
• Jun Zi Shuo recounted how a heroine had saved the children at the private school he once ran, then explained that they had parted without learning each other's identities.
• Jun Zi Shuo said he had glimpsed the woman at the city gate, and Lu Feng realized she might be Yin Xiaolou or Tang Jing.

Luo Xiaoxi discovered that Jun Zi Shuo loved Tang Jing and eagerly backed Lu Feng’s plan to deliver his letters, while hiding from a maid as she changed clothes. Meanwhile, Sun Liuliu and Jin Guan Kai discussed the failed assassination and worried that Lu Feng might suspect them.

• Jun Zi Shuo gave Lu Feng another stack of letters for the woman he loved, and Lu Feng agreed to help him meet her.
• Luo Xiaoxi emerged from beneath the bedcovers, learned that Jun Zi Shuo loved Tang Jing, and celebrated the news alongside a clue she had found about Jun Ziyi.
• Luo Xiaoxi offered to go with Lu Feng to deliver the letters but admitted she could not leave Profound Gold City because her brother was watching her.
• Luo Xiaoxi began changing behind the bed curtains while Lu Feng stood guard, but a maid arrived and summoned him to the dungeon at the Young Master's request.
• Sun Liuliu told Jin Guan Kai that their fabricated assassin identities had concealed their involvement, while Jin Guan Kai worried Lu Feng might connect him to the Blood Eye Crystal.

In the Jun Family dungeon, Jun Zi Shuo questioned Lu Feng about the assassination attempt and revealed that several factions had been involved. He proposed trading Lu Feng’s Refinement Method for a share of the Qin Family’s resources and a favor from the Phantom Sword Sect, leaving Lu Feng to consider the terms.

• Jun Zi Shuo asked Lu Feng to identify the factions behind the assassins, and Lu Feng exposed Qi Zhao as the Phantom Sword Sect’s Chief Disciple.
• Lu Feng dismissed the Qin Family’s apparent involvement despite the Qin King Sabers found among the assassins, and Jun Zi Shuo agreed that the weapons could have been planted to frame them.
• Uncle Wen reported that impostors had killed the Evolution Sky Sect’s group and infiltrated the banquet to sabotage the grand formation, while Old Yao had risked his cultivation to protect it.
• Jun Zi Shuo ordered Lu Feng and Jun Ziyi to take the Qin King Sabers to the Qin Family and use the incident to demand answers and resources.
• Jun Zi Shuo offered Lu Feng a share of the Qin Family’s resources and a favor from the Phantom Sword Sect in exchange for Lu Feng’s Refinement Method.

Jun Zi Shuo asked Lu Feng to help arrange for the Phantom Sword Sect to rescue Qi Zhao and the other prisoners as part of a plan to expose the mastermind behind the assassination attempt. Back at the Jun Family residence, Luo Xiaoxi asked Lu Feng to save Qi Zhao, and their late-night conversation ended in mutual awkwardness.

• Jun Zi Shuo told Lu Feng that he wanted the Phantom Sword Sect to intercept the Jun Family escorting Qi Zhao, using the rescue to draw out the mastermind behind the attack.
• Jun Ziya received Jun Zi Shuo’s letter, told Flame Sparrow to spread news about impurities in the Fine Iron Ore Vein, and wondered about Lu Feng’s hidden identities and methods.
• Luo Xiaoxi learned that Qi Zhao had been imprisoned for trying to assassinate Jun Zi Shuo because she was going to marry, and asked Lu Feng to save him.
• Lu Feng agreed to look for an opportunity to help Qi Zhao, and Luo Xiaoxi thanked him out of concern for the Luo Family.
• Luo Xiaoxi awkwardly asked whether Lu Feng planned to sleep in the room, then hastily clarified that he should not misunderstand her.

Lu Feng kept Luo Xiaoxi hidden in his room while Jun Ziyi recovered, then brought the two women together in the rear courtyard. Luo Xiaoxi revealed she was searching for the man who had saved her, leaving Jun Ziyi upset when she learned Luo Xiaoxi wanted to know whether he was married.

• Lu Feng told Luo Xiaoxi he would cultivate in the room and explained that Jun Ziyi would recover from her superficial injuries before coming to see her.
• Jun Zi Shuo left Jun Yue Pavilion early the next morning, and Jun Ziyi arrived at Lu Feng's rear courtyard ahead of schedule.
• Luo Xiaoxi greeted Jun Ziyi excitedly, and Lu Feng explained that Luo Xiaoxi had been trapped there after the failed assassination attempt.
• Luo Xiaoxi asked Jun Ziyi about her spear technique and confessed that she wanted to find the man who had rescued her in the Grand Illusionary Realm.
• Jun Ziyi grew upset when Luo Xiaoxi admitted she also wanted to ask the man whether he was married, since Luo Xiaoxi was supposed to marry Jun Zi Shuo.

Luo Xiaoxi reunited with Jun Ziyi before leaving her in Lu Feng’s care as Jun Ziyi went to the Qin Family on behalf of the Jun Family. At the Qin Family Villa, Yu Ruyan became suspicious of the Jun Family’s apparent mistake over the West Sheep Mountain mining rights and prepared to meet Jun Ziyi.

• Luo Xiaoxi asked Jun Ziyi about the Senior who taught her spear technique, then learned Jun Ziyi had attempted her assassination only to delay the wedding.
• Jun Zi Shuo learned that the Azure Mountain Sect Master had taken a newly arrived maid from his rear courtyard and asked Uncle Wen to investigate the array master Nangong.
• Luo Xiaoxi left Jun Ziyi with Lu Feng, who assured her that the Qin Family would treat Jun Ziyi with great respect.
• Qin Tianliang told Yu Ruyan that the West Sheep Mountain vein was worthless and that the Qin Family had transferred its mining rights to the Jun Family.
• Yu Ruyan questioned how Jun Ziya could have misjudged the vein, then learned Jun Ziyi had arrived and told Qin Tianliang to receive her.

Jun Ziyi confronted Qin Tianliang with Qin King Sabers found after an attempt on Jun Zi Shuo’s life, forcing Qin Tianliang to deny the Qin Family’s involvement and point to possible enemies. The chapter ended with Qin Tianliang accusing the Chief Disciple of Hai Mountain Sword Sect of framing his family.

• Jun Ziyi refused Qin Tianliang’s invitation to sit and told him she had come on Jun Zi Shuo’s orders.
• Qin Tianliang grew wary after his Gray-Robed Old Man could not determine Lu Feng’s strength.
• Jun Ziyi accused the Qin Family of sending assassins after Jun Zi Shuo and threw down Qin King Sabers bearing the Qin mark.
• Qin Tianliang claimed someone had stolen the sabers to frame his family, then named several factions with reasons to hate the Qin Family.
• Qin Tianliang admitted he had angered Phantom Sound Valley and Hai Mountain Sword Sect through his drunken misconduct.
• Qin Tianliang suggested the Chief Disciple of Hai Mountain Sword Sect had arranged the assassination attempt to frame the Qin Family.

Lu Feng and Jun Ziyi let Qin Tianliang believe he could win their trust by offering treasures and cultivation resources. Qin Tianliang introduced his collection, while Lu Feng recognized the value of the Soul Capturing Tablet, and Jun Ziyi left him waiting for her judgment.

• Lu Feng realized Qin Tianliang had provoked Tang Jing, whom Jun Zi Shuo desired, and anticipated Jun Zi Shuo's anger.
• Jun Ziyi pretended to withhold clues about the assassin, prompting Qin Tianliang to offer treasures and cultivation resources to her and Lu Feng.
• Jun Ziyi insisted that Lu Feng remain to help judge the treasures, deepening Qin Tianliang's belief that she needed his protection.
• Qin Tianliang introduced the Thousand Feather Fan and Soul Capturing Tablet, which Lu Feng recognized as an incomplete Soul Capturing Water Mirror that could benefit his students.
• Qin Tianliang introduced the remaining treasures, including the Universe Rune Box, Three Feather Black Shield, and Blazing Underworld Swift Goose Bow, while Jun Ziyi withheld her decision.

Jun Ziyi pretended to investigate the assassination at Jun Yue Pavilion while extracting treasures from Qin Tianliang and feeding him clues about the Qin Family’s possible involvement. After leaving the villa, Lu Feng told her Qin Tianliang had seen through her act and was trying to curry favor with Jun Zi Shuo.

• Jun Ziyi told Qin Tianliang that assassins had sabotaged Jun Yue Pavilion’s Estate Protection Array, claimed they were sent by the Qin Family, and used Qin King Sabers.
• Jun Ziyi hinted that a controlled maid had placed a Painting Scroll containing an illusion array in Jun Zi Shuo’s room, and Qin Tianliang gave her a Luan Mountain Sumeru Seal in exchange for more information.
• Jun Ziyi demonstrated an assassin’s saber technique and said the assassin’s different attire suggested he might not have belonged to the other attackers.
• Qin Tianliang gave Jun Ziyi two more gifts and asked her and Lu Feng to speak well of the Qin Family to Jun Zi Shuo.
• In the carriage, Jun Ziyi asked Lu Feng whether she had acted well, and he told her Qin Tianliang had seen through her intentions and was currying favor with Jun Zi Shuo.

Qin Tianliang and Yu Ruyan discussed why they had paid Jun Ziyi a fortune and identified three possible suspects behind the trouble involving the Qin Family King Saber. They concluded that Jun Ziyi had revealed the Phantom Swordplay to implicate Qi Zhao, though they wondered what Jun Zi Shuo intended to achieve.

• Lu Feng told Jun Ziyi that Qin Tianliang had offered treasures out of fear, not because he knew her purpose.
• Yu Ruyan agreed with Qin Tianliang that Jun Ziyi had been sent to test the Qin Family’s attitude and that paying the resources was necessary to avert greater trouble over the Qin Family King Saber.
• Qin Tianliang named Sun Liuliu, the dead guard commander, and his aunt Qin Su as three suspects behind the events.
• Qin Tianliang recalled Qin Su’s recent coldness and worried that she might be involved in harming the family.
• Qin Tianliang identified Jun Ziyi’s displayed move as the Phantom Swordplay and suspected Qi Zhao, whom he believed Jun Zi Shuo had exposed through her.
• Yu Ruyan and Qin Tianliang questioned what Jun Zi Shuo was plotting by revealing Qi Zhao’s involvement.

Yu Ruyan suspected Jun Zi Shuo had arranged for the Qin Family to help free Qi Zhao, while Lu Feng prepared to leave for Jinwan City disguised as Lin Liyun. As he and Lin Xiaojin set out together, he asked her to explain the Lin Family’s history and leadership.

• Yu Ruyan questioned Qin Tianliang about the mineral vein and their negotiations after suspecting Jun Zi Shuo had deliberately held the Night Banquet at a vulnerable moment.
• Lu Feng told Jun Ziyi that Jun Zi Shuo had asked him to notify the Phantom Sword Sect about rescuing Qi Zhao, and advised her what to say if Qin Tianliang asked about it.
• Lu Feng told Jun Ziyi he had leads on Xiao Yan and that it was time for her to return to QuFu Mountain.
• Lu Feng returned to Lin's Soy Milk Shop, where Lin Xiaojin examined his improved disguise as Lin Liyun.
• Lu Feng and Lin Xiaojin set out for Jinwan City, and he asked her to tell him about the Lin Family’s past and current leaders.

Lu Feng and Lin Xiaojin reached the declining Lin Residence in Jinwan City, where a hostile gate guard refused to let them in. Lu Feng struck him to summon the household guards, and Zhong Sanxiao, the Lin Family’s last remaining Guest Elder, came out to face them.

• Lin Xiaojin told Lu Feng how the Lin Family fell from prominence after the deaths and departures of its leading members and the loss of its Sect Token.
• Lu Feng and Lin Xiaojin arrived at the Lin Residence and found the gate guard unwilling to help or recognize Lin Xiaojin.
• The guard claimed Lin Liyun was dead and blocked Lin Xiaojin from reporting to her Third Uncle, so Lu Feng struck him with Palm Wind.
• More than ten guards emerged with spears but held back when they saw Lin Xiaojin.
• Zhong Sanxiao appeared, and Lin Xiaojin told Lu Feng that he was the Lin Family’s only remaining Guest Elder.

Lu Feng returned to the Lin residence with Lin Xiaojin, while Zhong Sanxiao questioned whether Lu Feng was truly Lin Liyun. Lin Xiaojin later admitted that Lu Feng felt like an impostor, but Zhong Sanxiao reassured her that he believed Lu Feng was genuine.

• Zhong Sanxiao met Lu Feng and ordered people to fetch the Lin Family Head from Paradise Quarter and Lin Bairu from a steamed bun shop.
• Lin Xiaojin explained Lu Feng's memory loss, and Lu Feng learned how Lin Bairu had been separated from Aunt Mei.
• Lu Feng criticized Lin Bairu for clinging to propriety, prompting Zhong Sanxiao to remark that Lu Feng's temperament had changed.
• Zhong Sanxiao sent Lu Feng to the Side Courtyard and delayed Lin Xiaojin's visit to their grandmother until the Family Head could verify Lu Feng's identity.
• Lin Xiaojin told Zhong Sanxiao that Lu Feng might be an impostor, and Zhong Sanxiao reassured her that he believed Lu Feng was Lin Liyun.
• Lin Xiaojin privately reflected that following Big Brother Lu's instruction to do the opposite had worked unexpectedly well.

Zhong Sanxiao sensed Lu Feng practicing the Little Burial Flower Swordplay and realized he had likely mastered its dangerous latter half, while Lin Xiaojin worried about the risks he would face proving his identity. In Profound Gold City, Gongsun Che persuaded Gongsun Ranran to send Wu Jinglei to confront the Lin Family and test whether Lu Feng was truly alive.

• Zhong Sanxiao sensed Lu Feng practicing the Little Burial Flower Swordplay and judged that he had grasped its sword intent without suffering harm.
• Zhong Sanxiao told Lin Xiaojin to stay with Grandmother during Lu Feng's identity test, then promised to keep him alive after she pleaded for his protection.
• Gongsun Che told Gongsun Ranran that Lu Feng had gone to Jinwan City and asked her to help him retaliate for the beating he had received.
• Gongsun Che proposed using Wu Jinglei to confront the Lin Family and verify Lu Feng's identity without directly involving the Gongsun Family.
• Gongsun Ranran gave Gongsun Che her token and told him to approach Wu Jinglei, who was upset after seeing her with Tianliang Ge on a Flower Boat.