Chapter Summaries

Lin Wanxia revealed that she wanted Lu Feng to retrieve the key to Gourd Ruins from the Chu Family, not to marry Chu Youwei for her sake. She explained that Lin Baixu had hidden one half of the key with the Chu Family and kept the other half in her crutch, leaving Lu Feng aware of the secret and wary of the task ahead.

• Lu Feng refused to marry into the Lin Family, and Lin Wanxia attacked his soul before threatening the woman he loved.
• Lin Wanxia told Lu Feng and Lin Xiaojin that she needed him to retrieve the key to Gourd Ruins from the Chu Family.
• Lin Wanxia revealed that Lin Baixu had arranged Lin Liyun and Chu Youwei's marriage and entrusted the Gourd Ruins key to the Chu Family as their wedding token.
• Lin Wanxia explained that the Chu Family did not know the token was a key and that asking for it openly could alert Chu Xuanhe.
• Lin Wanxia revealed that the key had two halves and showed Lu Feng the Jade Pearl hidden in her Dragon Head Crutch.

Lu Feng learned that the Lin Family needed two jade beads to enter the Gourd Ruins and seek a legendary Supreme Cultivation Method that could save them. Lin Wanxia bound him through his Soul Sea Contract Array and threatened Jiang Ruoyun, forcing him to help retrieve the bead from the Chu Family, while Lu Feng suspected she also coveted the treasure.

• Lin Wanxia identified the bead as Thorn Mountain Jade and explained that both beads were needed to enter the Gourd Ruins and find the Heaven and Earth Secret Treasure.
• Lin Wanxia planted a strand of aura in Lu Feng's Soul Sea Contract Array and threatened to use it to kill Jiang Ruoyun if he refused to help.
• Lu Feng refused to become a live-in son-in-law, but Lin Wanxia insisted that marrying into the Chu Family was the only way to access Chu Xuanyi's belongings in its ancestral hall.
• Lin Xiaojin suggested asking Chu Youwei or sending Zhong Sanxiao to retrieve the bead, but Lin Wanxia warned that the Chu Family must not learn of the matter and revealed that Zhong Sanxiao might also seek the treasure.
• Lu Feng suspected Lin Wanxia wanted the Heaven and Earth Secret Treasure for herself because of her failing health and stalled cultivation.

Gongsun Ranran and Gongsun Che learned that Lin Liyun was alive and discussed the coming opening of the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins, where Gongsun Che planned to target Ji Zhi and Ji Family's adopted daughter. Ji Zhi set out to visit the Lin Residence bearing thorns as punishment for his guilt, while Lin Baijian reported his failed plot to the mysterious young man and proposed a new plan to seize the Heaven and Earth Secret Treasure.

• Gongsun Che told Gongsun Ranran that Lin Liyun had survived and defeated Wu Jinglei, and Gongsun Ranran warned him to be cautious.
• Gongsun Ranran gave Gongsun Che the news that factions could send ten people into the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins in seven days, and he chose to target Ji Zhi and Ji Family's adopted daughter.
• Ji Zhi learned that Lin Liyun was alive, blamed himself for wanting to flee, bound thorny branches to his back, and rode alone toward the Lin Residence.
• Lin Baijian knelt before the mysterious young man and admitted his plot had been exposed, then proposed forcing his second brother to become family head and continue pursuing the Heaven and Earth Secret Treasure.

Lin Baijian begged his Young Master for another chance and was ordered to make Lin Bairu submit or kill those close to him. In Jinwan City, Lu Feng refused to become Lin Family head before meeting Lin Bairu, then asked Zhong Sanxiao to remove the restraints from the Snow Peak Jade Dragon Steed.

• The Young Master kicked and threatened Lin Baijian, then gave him another chance to coerce Lin Bairu and ordered him to kill Lin Bairu's loved ones if he resisted.
• After Lin Baijian left, the old man offered to deal with him, but the Young Master said the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins took priority and hinted that Lin Baijian's actions might create an opportunity.
• At the Lin Family estate, Lu Feng refused the elders' request to become head until he had met Lin Bairu, and decided to leave for Fu Lin Town immediately with Lin Xiaojin and Zhong Sanxiao.
• Lu Feng arranged for the Snow Peak Jade Dragon Steed to pull a carriage for Lin Xiaojin and reassured her that she mattered more to him than the rare steed.
• At the stables, Zhong Sanxiao explained that black rings restrained the unruly Jade Dragon Steed, and Lu Feng asked him to remove them.

Lu Feng tried to tame the Snow Peak Jade Dragon Steed, but it fled with him on its back and led them into danger when a Blazing Fire Leopard attacked. Lu Feng’s Purple Eyes caused both beasts to collapse in fear, leaving the Jade Dragon Steed suddenly submissive and Lu Feng wondering what his eyes could do.

• Lu Feng had Zhong Sanxiao remove the Jade Dragon Steed’s black rings, then held on as it bolted from the Lin Residence and bucked through the countryside.
• The Jade Dragon Steed stopped before a steep mountain when Lu Feng sensed danger, and a Blazing Fire Leopard attacked them with Fire Blades.
• The Jade Dragon Steed carried Lu Feng toward the summit, but they found a hundred-meter cliff ahead as the Blazing Fire Leopard caught up behind them.
• The Jade Dragon Steed leapt toward the Fire Blades to throw Lu Feng off, so Lu Feng activated Grand Dream of Three Lifetimes with his Purple Eyes.
• The Blazing Fire Leopard collapsed in fear and fled, while the Jade Dragon Steed also fell trembling before approaching Lu Feng submissively.
• Lu Feng wondered whether his Purple Eyes had a unique power over beasts and worried that their burning sensation might signal Qi Deviation.

Lu Feng returned to the Lin Residence with the Snow Peak Jade Dragon Steed tamed and set off with Lin Xiaojin and Zhong Sanxiao for Fu Lin Town. After they left, Ji Zhi arrived at the residence, learned that Li Yun was alive, and knelt to confess that he had failed him.

• Lu Feng used the Pao Xi Dragon Control Art to establish control over the Jade Dragon Steed and rode it back to the Lin Residence.
• Zhong Sanxiao and the others were shocked to see the obedient Jade Dragon Steed return with Lu Feng, while Lin Xiaojin hurried to tend his wounds.
• Lu Feng ordered a better carriage for the Jade Dragon Steed, then departed with Lin Xiaojin and Zhong Sanxiao for Fu Lin Town.
• Ji Zhi arrived at the Lin Residence carrying thorn branches embedded in his back and asked Lin Wuhu whether Li Yun was still alive.
• After Lin Wuhu confirmed that Li Yun was alive, Ji Zhi knelt at the gates and cried that he had let Li Yun down and failed his entrustment.

Ji Zhi refused to stop kneeling at the Lin residence, insisting that he had failed Lin Liyun and must atone for Jin’s death. In Fu Lin Town, Lin Baijian attacked Lin Bairu and threatened Mei Qiumeng, demanding that Lin Bairu obey him.

• Ji Zhi waited outside the Lin residence for Lin Liyun and insisted that his life was owed for failing to protect Lin Liyun’s family.
• Lin Wuhu learned that Ji Zhi would not rise and secretly sent for the Ji Family to take him away.
• Lin Baijian appeared at the Steamed Bun Shop where Lin Bairu and Mei Qiumeng were, startling Mei Qiumeng.
• Lin Baijian struck Lin Bairu twice and used his aura to pin him to the floor as Lin Bairu tried to protect Mei Qiumeng.
• Lin Baijian gripped Mei Qiumeng’s neck and threatened her, demanding that Lin Bairu obey him.
• Lin Bairu offered to kill himself if Lin Baijian released Mei Qiumeng.

Lin Baijian forced Lin Bairu to return to the Lin Family and claim the headship so he could locate the Gourd Ruins, using Mei Qiumeng as leverage. Zhong Sanxiao interrupted the confrontation, but Lin Baijian escaped after Mei Qiumeng was poisoned protecting Lin Bairu, leaving Zhong Sanxiao to try to save her.

• Lin Baijian demanded that Lin Bairu seize the Lin Family headship and uncover the Gourd Ruins, threatening Mei Qiumeng until Lin Bairu agreed to comply.
• Lin Baijian revealed that Lin Liyun was alive and had disrupted his plans, and said their grandmother knew the location of the Gourd Ruins.
• Zhong Sanxiao attacked Lin Baijian with a sudden sword strike, forcing him to release Mei Qiumeng as Lu Feng and Lin Xiaojin arrived.
• Lin Baijian threw poisoned darts at Lu Feng and Lin Bairu; Zhong Sanxiao deflected the dart aimed at Lu Feng, while Mei Qiumeng took the other one to protect Lin Bairu.
• Lin Baijian fled, and Zhong Sanxiao blocked the poison's spread and began forcing the Poison Nail from Mei Qiumeng's shoulder.

Lin Bairu tried to save Mei Qiumeng from Lin Baijian’s threats, while Lu Feng and Lin Xiaojin faced the danger together. As Lin Baijian moved to kill Lu Feng, Lu Feng awakened a formation he had secretly prepared.

• Lin Baijian returned and struck Zhong Sanxiao from behind while Zhong Sanxiao was forcing the Poison Nail from Mei Qiumeng.
• Lin Baijian demanded the location of the Gourd Ruins and threatened to spill the antidote, so Lin Bairu knelt and begged him to spare Mei Qiumeng.
• Lin Xiaojin said the key to opening the Gourd Ruins was no longer in the Lin Family, and Lu Feng stepped forward to protect her from Lin Baijian.
• Lin Baijian threatened to kill Lu Feng, who made a series of hand gestures and awakened a formation that had already been set up.

Lu Feng used the Profound Mystery Array to stop Lin Baijian from coercing Lin Bairu, and Zhong Sanxiao chased Lin Baijian after stabilizing Mei Qiumeng. In the aftermath, Lu Feng and Lin Xiaojin urged Lin Bairu to become the Lin Family head, leaving him to consider the proposal.

• Lu Feng activated the Profound Mystery Array with concealed array plates, forcing Lin Baijian to stay outside its boundaries.
• Lin Baijian abandoned his attempt to use Lin Bairu as leverage and turned his attention to Lin Xiaojin and the Gourd Ruins key.
• Zhong Sanxiao stabilized Mei Qiumeng's injuries, then chased Lin Baijian and demanded the antidote.
• Lin Bairu reflected on his inability to protect Mei Qiumeng, while Lu Feng bluntly urged him to recognize his weakness.
• Lin Xiaojin proposed that Lin Bairu return as family head and told him about Lin Baijian's schemes, including his destruction of the Lin Family's Bloodline Array.

Lu Feng persuaded Lin Bairu to accept leadership of the Lin Clan, and Zhong Sanxiao returned with an antidote that revived Mei Qiumeng. As Lin Bairu took the Family Head Token, Zhong Sanxiao recalled how the Lin elders had forced Mei Qiumeng into marriage and deceived her about Lin Bairu years earlier.

• Lu Feng challenged Lin Bairu to use his scholarly talents to govern the Lin Clan, and Lin Bairu agreed to become family head.
• Zhong Sanxiao returned with an antidote and said he had tested it; Mei Qiumeng took the medicine and woke as her poison began to clear.
• Lu Feng asked Zhong Sanxiao to hand the Family Head Token to Lin Bairu, and Zhong Sanxiao was surprised by Lin Bairu's decision.
• Zhong Sanxiao recalled that Lin Bairu had once rejected a marriage alliance with the Wu Family for Mei Qiumeng.
• The Lin elders had arranged for Lin Baijian to force Mei Qiumeng into marriage and threatened her mother while falsely claiming Lin Bairu had ordered it.

After Lu Feng installed Lin Bairu as head of the Lin Family, he still faced pressure over Lin Wanxia’s marriage. In Profound Gold City, the Chu Family learned that Lin Liyun was alive and hired Evil Yin Grand Duke to kill him.

• Lu Feng persuaded Lin Bairu to lead the Lin Family, but remained troubled by the coercion involving Lin Wanxia.
• Chu Xuanhe and Weng Qin discussed the Hundred Valley Secret Ruins and the Jun Family’s declaration about the Azure Mountain Sword Sect and Benevolent Heart Academy.
• Chu Youren announced that Lin Liyun was alive and had become the Lin Family’s Young Master, guarded by Zhong Sanxiao.
• Weng Qin warned that Lin Liyun’s engagement to Chu Youwei could complicate the Chu Family’s plans to use her to approach the Luo Family.
• Chu Xuanhe ordered Chu Youren to summon Evil Yin Grand Duke, who agreed to make another attempt on Lin Liyun’s life.

Lu Feng returned to the Lin Residence and learned that Lin Xiaojin was actually Lin Xiaowan in disguise, while the real Lin Xiaojin had died three years earlier. As Ji Zhi was treated for the wounds he suffered while kneeling at the gates, Lu Feng prepared to hear what had happened.

• Sun Liuliu and Jin Guan Kai decided to watch the Luo Family’s response to pressure over Luo Tianci and the newly emerged force before acting on the Sect Token.
• Lin Wuhu told Lu Feng that Ji Zhi had knelt outside the Lin Residence all night, carrying thorn branches on his back.
• Zhong Sanxiao revealed that Lin Xiaojin was Lin Xiaowan in disguise and that the real Lin Xiaojin had died after being violated and hanging herself three years earlier; her killer was never found.
• Lin Xiaowan’s soul sea became turbulent, and Zhong Sanxiao calmed her before she fell asleep against Lu Feng.
• Ji Zhi begged Lu Feng to punish him for failing him, but Lu Feng, who had lost his memories, told him to get treated before explaining what happened.
• Physicians treated Ji Zhi’s superficial wounds with a Qihuang Stone Crystal while Lu Feng waited in the reception hall.

Lin Xiaowan regained consciousness without remembering the time she had spent as Lin Xiaojin, leaving Lu Feng worried that his impersonation would be misunderstood. He sent her away before questioning Ji Zhi about Lin Xiaojin’s death, and Ji Zhi began explaining how his guards’ negligence had left her vulnerable.

• Lin Xiaowan woke up, recognized Lu Feng, and tearfully embraced him, believing him to be her brother Li Yun.
• Zhong Sanxiao warned Lu Feng that Lin Xiaowan had forgotten her experiences as Lin Xiaojin and told him not to reveal the truth.
• Lu Feng comforted Lin Xiaowan when she thought his injured memory meant he no longer recognized her, then sent her to wait in the front hall.
• Lu Feng questioned Ji Zhi about who had killed Lin Xiaojin, but Ji Zhi said he did not know and blamed his guards’ negligence for giving the killers an opportunity.
• Lin Bairu urged Ji Zhi to calm down and explain what had happened from the beginning.

Ji Zhi recounted the circumstances of Lin Xiaojin’s death, including signs that she had been assaulted before hanging herself. Lu Feng and Lin Bairu suspected the crime involved someone powerful, and Ji Zhi’s account suggested multiple perpetrators.

• Ji Zhi said his guard abandoned his post during a storm, and he found Lin Xiaojin hanged when he reached the Soy Juice Hall.
• Ji Zhi described Lin Xiaojin’s torn clothes and disheveled appearance, leading him to conclude she had suffered humiliation before her death.
• Ji Zhi said Lin Baijian dismissed his report and refused to investigate Lin Xiaojin’s death.
• Ji Zhi recalled a half-eaten meal at the deserted hall and a basin of foot-washing water with flower petals, while Lu Feng suspected the visitor had been the culprit.
• Ji Zhi revealed that a coroner found two palm prints of different sizes on Lin Xiaojin’s body, and he suspected more than one person had assaulted her.

Lu Feng questioned Ji Zhi about Lin Xiaojin’s murder and learned that Qin Tianliang and Jun Ziqian had once pursued her, leaving Lu Feng more suspicious of them. At QuFu Mountain, Shao Yang’s group responded to the first wave of intruders, led by Peng Tianhu of Tiger Wolf Stronghold, while Jun Ziyi worried that the academy could not stop him.

• Ji Zhi told Lu Feng and Lin Bairu that he had found no clues about Lin Xiaojin’s killer and explained Lin Xiaowan’s grief-driven delusion.
• Ji Zhi revealed that Qin Tianliang and Jun Ziqian had pursued Lin Xiaojin before her death, and Lu Feng remained suspicious of both men.
• A warning jade at QuFu Mountain signaled that intruders had entered the protective formation, and Shao Yang led the group to the strategy hall to inspect them.
• The sand table showed more than twenty intruders approaching, and Shao Yang told Jun Ziyi that Yue'er would explain the mentor’s arrangements as they went.
• Jun Ziyi recognized the approaching leader as Peng Tianhu, chief of Tiger Wolf Stronghold, and offered to fetch Ruo Shui because she feared the group could not defeat him.

When outsiders arrived at Benevolent Heart Academy seeking its Sect Token, Qian Xin used the hidden array on Three Li Uphill Road to repel Peng Tianhu. Shangqing Zhenren identified the array, and the visitors realized the mountain was protected by formidable defenses.

• Peng Tianhu, Pu Hongying, and representatives of other forces demanded a contest for Benevolent Heart Academy's Sect Token, while Qian Xin warned them to leave.
• Peng Tianhu attacked Qian Xin with his King Character Subduing Tiger Seal, but an invisible force from the array sent him flying and injured him.
• The outsiders recognized that Qian Xin's strike carried Heaven Soul Realm power, and Peng Tianhu conceded that the academy was not an easy target.
• Shangqing Zhenren revealed that Qian Xin had activated a hidden array, and Shao Yue explained its connection to the Gao Golden Banner and the mountain's defenses.
• Qian Xin realized that the array on Three Li Uphill Road drew power from QuFu Mountain's Mountain Protection Array.

Qian Xin used the Nine Turns White Banners Array to defend the mountain as Feng Yuan tried to break through it. After the array trapped him, the other cultivators abandoned the main path and chose to climb the back cliff, while Peng Tianhu withdrew.

• Pu Hongying and Shangqing Zhenren urged Feng Yuan to test the array, but Feng Yuan objected that he might lose his chance at the Sect Token if he were injured.
• Feng Yuan attacked Qian Xin from a distance with Mad Demon Chain Fist and smashed apart the array’s spiritual wall.
• The Nine Turns White Banners Array surrounded Feng Yuan with mist and confusing paths, making him vanish from the others’ sight.
• Pu Hongying warned the group not to force their way through the array, and Peng Tianhu decided to leave the mountain.
• Zuo Peixian led Pu Hongying and Shangqing Zhenren toward the steep back cliff to climb up to the mountain.

Jun Ziyi learned that the Back Mountain Cliff’s defenses used beast cores to unleash powerful attacks, while Shangqing Zhenren recognized the Suspended Array’s formidable power and abandoned the climb. Pu Hongying and Zuo Peixian remained injured on the cliff as Shangqing fled, leaving them without her warning.

• Jun Ziyi worried that the intruders heading toward the back mountain would endanger Ruo Shui and Little Silver, and Shao Yue explained that their mentor had set up defenses there.
• Qian Xin told Jun Ziyi that the formations used over a hundred beast cores to unleash their beasts’ strongest attacks, and said their mentor had built the defenses to give them a refuge after Xiao Yan’s tragedy.
• Shangqing Zhenren, Pu Hongying, and Zuo Peixian suffered injuries while the formations sent soul beast attacks at them from the cliff face, hidden hollows, and empty air.
• Shangqing Zhenren deduced that the Suspended Array had been made by someone at least at Heaven Soul Realm Seven Breaths and decided she could not risk attacking the mountain.
• Shangqing Zhenren fled down the mountain without warning Pu Hongying or Zuo Peixian, leaving them on the cliff.

Zuo Peixian and Pu Hongying agreed to cooperate to reach the cliff summit, but Zuo betrayed Pu and tried to seize the Sect Token alone. Lu Feng’s defenses thwarted him, and Pu captured the helpless Zuo and broke his bones.

• Pu Hongying proposed joining their sects through marriage if they obtained the Sect Token, and Zuo Peixian agreed by Soul Oath.
• Pu used the Rock Hawk Three Styles to clear the way, but Zuo stabbed him with a poisoned blade and climbed using Pu’s falling body as a foothold.
• A figure struck Zuo as he reached the summit, sending him into the Pseudo Four Spirits Beast Array, whose attacks shattered his limbs.
• Zuo fell down the cliff and discovered that Azure Hawk Stronghold had killed his two protectors while Pu survived and healed himself by absorbing their blood essence.
• Pu seized Zuo, shattered his bones, and faced the terrified but unrepentant Zuo.