Chapter Summaries

Jiang Batian organized the remaining forces to fight the Blood Clan, and Lu Feng proposed exploiting the Blood Clan’s attempt to break the seal to ambush Prison Manor. Lu Feng revealed that he had less than two months to live, leaving Jiang Ruoyun, Tang Yuan, and Yan Jingjing desperate for him to survive.

• Jiang Batian dismissed those unwilling to fight and organized the remaining cultivators and support staff at Water Bamboo Pavilion.
• Lu Feng told Jiang Batian and the other leaders that he would infiltrate the Blood Clan in three days while they ambushed Prison Manor during the attempt to break the seal.
• Lu Feng revealed that his injured souls and Blood Spirit Pills left him less than two months to live, and he explained that healing required opening his remaining souls and finding Dragon Saliva Water.
• Jiang Ruoyun and Tang Yuan urged Lu Feng to find a way to survive, while Tang Yuan asked whether the Dragon Core might be beneath the seal.
• Yan Jingjing met Lu Feng in the Floating Pavilion and told him, “You're not allowed to die!”

Lu Feng helped Peng Xing activate the Azure Dragon Seal and followed the Blood Clan beneath the seal, where the murals revealed the history of Blood Demon’s imprisonment. The group triggered a deadly formation soldier, and Lu Feng prepared to defend himself as Peng Xing realized the Stone Chamber might contain many Humanoid Figures.

• Lu Feng repaired the Awakening Dragon Stone, pretended to join the Blood Clan, and swallowed Peng Xing’s Demon Blood Pill.
• Peng Xing gathered the nine Awakening Dragon Stones and used them to reveal the Azure Dragon Seal beneath Azure Dragon Town.
• Peng Xing shrank the Azure Dragon Seal, channeled the seal’s flowing light into it, and led his followers into the underground passage.
• In the Stone Chamber, the murals showed how Dragon Capture True Man wounded Blood Demon and Star Chess Saint sealed him; Lu Feng secretly memorized the Azure Dragon Seal’s control method.
• Qiao Gaoyao opened a Stone Gate, and a formation soldier emerged and killed a Blood Clan member with its spear.
• Lu Feng moved to a spot with little spiritual energy and laid out Jade Shards; when he warned Peng Xing about every Humanoid Figure, Peng Xing realized the danger.

Lu Feng helped the Blood Clan defeat the Humanoid Figures while secretly collecting their Star Essence Jade cores, then followed Peng Xing through the Stone Gate and encountered an Earth Flood Dragon guarding a sealed Blood Demon. The Blood Demon awakened and demanded to know who ruled the Blood Clan, learning from Peng Xing that the Blood Emperor ruled in Jinguan City.

• Lu Feng revealed that the Humanoid Figures were array soldiers and instructed Peng Xing's men to restrain them so he could break their array cores.
• Lu Feng dismantled all seventeen Humanoid Figures, secretly collected sixteen Star Essence Jade cores, and claimed the ruined figures as his reward after the battle left only fifteen Blood Clan survivors.
• Lu Feng and the Blood Clan entered the next chamber, where they found a chained Earth Flood Dragon guarding a small door.
• Peng Xing led the group into the small chamber and knelt before a stone statue, prompting Lu Feng to kneel as well.
• The statue's stone shell broke away, revealing the Blood Demon, who awakened and asked who ruled the Blood Clan.
• Peng Xing told the Blood Demon that the Blood Emperor ruled from Jinguan City, and Lu Feng silently memorized the name.

The Blood Demon began rebuilding his strength by consuming Blood Clan members and captured humans, while Lu Feng concealed that he could still use spiritual energy. At Prison Manor, Peng Xing returned to find the Blood Clan losing ground and unleashed the newly empowered Cheng Zhishu against Jiang Batian and the others.

• The Blood Demon drained two Blood Clan members, ordered Peng Xing to bring him more people, and then fed on several more in the Stone Chamber.
• The Blood Demon struck Qiao Gaoyao and Lu Feng, sealing Qiao Gaoyao's spiritual energy while Lu Feng secretly discovered he could still circulate his own.
• Peng Xing returned to Prison Manor and found Jiang Batian, Qu Li Su, Tang Yuan, and the others slaughtering Blood Clan forces.
• Peng Xing learned from Yue An that the humans had poisoned and ambushed the Blood Clan, then ordered Cheng Zhishu released from the dungeon.
• Cheng Zhishu charged at Jiang Batian and the others under Peng Xing's command, and Tang Yuan realized Cheng Zhishu had reached the Chakra Realm.

Tang Yuan lured Cheng Zhishu away from the group and fought him in the Prison Manor rear courtyard, revealing the monstrous cost of his Beast Art as they matched one another’s techniques. Cheng Zhishu’s ultimate Shadow Spear struck Tang Yuan’s Ocean Stabilizing Golden Bell and hurled him into a stone railing, leaving Tang Yuan shocked by its Spirit Skill-level power.

• Jiang Batian rallied the crowd against Cheng Zhishu, while Peng Xing joined the fight and Yue An clashed with Ma Qiufeng.
• Tang Yuan drew Cheng Zhishu away to the rear courtyard, where his Beast Art transformed him into a giant, ape-like monster.
• Tang Yuan and Cheng Zhishu traded blows as Tang Yuan used the powers of several beast cores to counter Cheng Zhishu’s successive Six Harmonies Spear forms.
• Cheng Zhishu unleashed the ultimate Shadow Spear, which struck Tang Yuan’s Ocean Stabilizing Golden Bell and blasted him into a stone railing.

Tang Yuan and the others tried to escape Peng Xing after he used a secret art to overpower the defenders and kill Qu Li Su, Qu Huai, and Jiang Batian. Tang Yuan sacrificed his golden bell to help Yan Jingjing flee with Jiang Ruoyun, then took Peng Xing's Azure Dragon Seal strike and vanished, while the Blood Demon forced Lu Feng and Qiao Gaoyao to study the Life Creation Art.

• Cheng Zhishu escaped the Blood Clan's control during the battle, fled Prison Manor, and left Tang Yuan, Jiang Ruoyun, and Yan Jingjing to face the remaining enemies.
• Tang Yuan joined Jiang Batian and the other Soul Masters against Peng Xing, but Peng Xing raised his strength with a secret art and killed Qu Li Su and Qu Huai.
• Jiang Batian sacrificed himself to save Jiang Ruoyun, while Peng Xing killed Jiang Caiyun with a thrown pebble.
• Tang Yuan knocked Jiang Ruoyun unconscious, told Yan Jingjing he had promised Old Lu to care for her, and used his bloodied golden bell to cover their escape.
• Peng Xing broke Tang Yuan's golden-bell barrier with the Azure Dragon Seal and struck him into the ground, but Tang Yuan disappeared, leaving only blood behind.
• In the stone chamber, the Blood Demon forced Lu Feng and Qiao Gaoyao to swallow Blood Essence Pills and study the Life Creation Art, while Qiao Gaoyao claimed the scroll and Lu Feng studied it from afar.

After Tang Yuan returned gravely wounded, Jiang Ruoyun withdrew to cultivate while Yan Jingjing and Ma Qiufeng mourned their losses. Beneath the seal, the Blood Demon tortured Lu Feng and Qiao Gaoyao through a rigged guessing game, but Lu Feng’s mastery of the Life Creation Art let him heal faster as the ordeal continued.

• Tang Yuan collapsed at Water Bamboo Pavilion, and Jiang Ruoyun found him unconscious before retreating to the Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate.
• Yan Jingjing mourned Yan Mingchi, her last remaining relative, while Ma Qiufeng recovered from his injuries and considered strengthening himself to face the Blood Clan.
• The Blood Demon pinned Lu Feng and Qiao Gaoyao to a wall and began cutting them whenever they guessed the soul coin toss incorrectly.
• Lu Feng discovered that the Life Creation Art could circulate despite his sealed spiritual energy, and he healed his wounds far faster than Qiao Gaoyao.
• The Blood Demon continued slashing both captives, while Lu Feng learned to heal multiple wounds at once and Qiao Gaoyao grew weaker.
• When Qiao Gaoyao nearly gave up, the Blood Demon forced a Demon Blood Pill into his mouth to keep him alive for the torture.

The survivors gathered at Water Bamboo Pavilion planned to use its Spirit Gathering Array to grow strong enough to resist the Blood Clan, but Ma Hao and Wu Yong drove Jiang Ruoyun from the third floor and seized it. Beneath the seal, Lu Feng endured the Blood Demon’s torture while secretly recovering, and waited for the demon to begin feeding on Qiao Gaoyao.

• Wu Yong pointed out that the Spirit Gathering Array could help the survivors break through, and the group headed for the third floor where Jiang Ruoyun was cultivating.
• Lu Feng endured thirty-six slashes, took two Demon Blood Pills, and survived as the Blood Demon pierced his vital acupoints with spikes.
• Ma Hao caught Jiang Ruoyun’s whip and knocked her from the pavilion, while Wu Yong’s palm wind sent her crashing outside; Yan Jingjing stopped her from charging back in.
• Jiang Ruoyun told Yan Jingjing she could no longer sense the contract array she had set for Lu Feng, and Tang Yuan woke and learned that the survivors had taken the pavilion’s array.
• Jiang Ruoyun persuaded the injured Tang Yuan to move with her and Yan Jingjing to Floating Pavilion instead of confronting the survivors.
• The Blood Demon began extracting Qiao Gaoyao’s blood essence and spiritual energy to break through to the Core Formation Realm, while Lu Feng secretly recovered and prepared to act.

Lu Feng stole and devoured the Blood Demon’s Blood Core, then became trapped beneath the collapsing underground realm as the Blood Demon escaped. Overcome by demonic poison and the Blood Core’s power, Lu Feng fought in the Six Paths Domain until he collapsed, and the remaining demonic nature was absorbed into his final Soul Array.

• Lu Feng interrupted the Blood Demon’s breakthrough, stole the Blood Core, and ate it while mocking its taste.
• Lu Feng escaped the Stone Chamber but encountered Peng Xing and the Blood Clan; he drew the Earth Flood Dragon into the conflict as the Blood Demon broke the seal.
• The Blood Demon kicked Lu Feng’s Six Paths Coffin into the collapsing chamber and fled, while the Earth Flood Dragon and Blood Clan cultivators were buried in the rubble.
• Buried inside the coffin, Lu Feng recovered and realized the Blood Clan pills’ demonic poison was driving him toward uncontrollable slaughter.
• Lu Feng entered the Six Paths Domain and slaughtered its black-clad opponents with a carving knife until he lost consciousness.
• Heaven and earth spiritual energy healed Lu Feng, and the remaining demonic nature in his body was absorbed into his final Soul Array.

After connecting his seven souls and recovering inside the Six Paths Coffin, Lu Feng discovered a Black Dragon skeleton beneath the collapsed chamber and encountered the remnant soul sealed in a box. The remnant soul promised a way to save Lu Feng if he accepted three tasks, and Lu Feng agreed to remember the first two.

• Lu Feng woke in the Six Paths Coffin, found his injuries and Blood Addiction Poison gone, and realized that his Essence Soul had opened, connecting all seven souls.
• Lu Feng discovered a vast underground space containing a Black Dragon skeleton and a Beast Control Mark, then found an ordinary-looking box beneath the dragon's claw.
• When Lu Feng opened the box, a powerful soul seal struck him, and the remnant soul inside asked whether he had come for its wife's Dragon Saliva Water.
• The remnant soul said it could teach Lu Feng how to survive if he accepted three tasks, then explained that the Jiang Clan had ambushed him and his wife ten thousand years earlier.
• Lu Feng agreed to remember the remnant soul's request to destroy the Jiang Clan if he ever encountered it, and to retrieve the remnant soul's remains from Hua Yuan Valley and bury it with its wife.

After escaping the underground ruins, Lu Feng returned to Water Bamboo Pavilion and found it occupied by Wu Yong’s men. He began reclaiming it by attacking Ma Hao and warning the others that no one who harmed Jiang Ruoyun would leave unpunished.

• Lu Feng received a combat technique from the mysterious voice, promised to fulfill its three requests, and stored the dragon skeleton before digging his way out.
• Lu Feng reached Water Bamboo Pavilion and reunited with Jiang Ruoyun, then learned from Tang Yuan that Jiang Batian, Qu Li Su, and others had died in battle and Wu Yong’s group had taken over the pavilion.
• Lu Feng vowed to reclaim Water Bamboo Pavilion and disrupted the Spirit Gathering Array, injuring Wu Yong, Ma Hao, Cheng Konglong, and Fang Tianzheng as they attempted to break through.
• When Ma Hao admitted he had harmed Jiang Ruoyun, Lu Feng trapped him with Poisonous Miasma Qi and attacked him with the Blood Killing Skill, while Wu Yong and the others watched in fear.

Lu Feng killed Ma Hao and Wu Yong, then stayed at Water Bamboo Pavilion to face the Blood Clan while Yan Jingjing departed. He helped Tang Yuan absorb the Dragon Core, but an Azure Dragon Seal attack destroyed the pavilion’s arrays, forcing Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Jiang Ruoyun to flee toward Azure Mushroom Mountain.

• Lu Feng killed Ma Hao and Wu Yong, then sent Cheng Konglong, Fang Tianzheng, and Yan Jingjing away from Water Bamboo Pavilion.
• Lu Feng revealed the Dragon Core and used its Dragon Saliva Water to help Tang Yuan expel his Beast Power and restore his cultivation.
• A disturbance disrupted Tang Yuan’s refinement, so Lu Feng used more than half the Dragon Saliva Water to suppress the violent Black Dragon power and help Tang Yuan break through to the Chakra Realm.
• An Azure Dragon Seal attack destroyed Water Bamboo Pavilion’s arrays, and Jiang Ruoyun told Lu Feng she had seen an azure light descend from the sky.
• Lu Feng led Tang Yuan and Jiang Ruoyun toward Azure Mushroom Mountain to escape the Blood Clan and find cover.

Lu Feng escaped the Blood Clan with Tang Yuan and Jiang Ruoyun, then risked his life to fuse his seven souls with the last of his Dragon Saliva Water. He survived and recovered to the Five-Souls Realm, but his normal strength remained weak and his full power could only be sustained briefly; the group prepared to face Blood Demon and Peng Xing.

• Lu Feng led Tang Yuan and Jiang Ruoyun to a concealed beach beneath a waterfall, where they rested and recovered from the Blood Clan’s pursuit.
• Lu Feng ran out of Dragon Saliva Water while fusing his seventh soul, so he used Blood Demon’s aura to complete the fusion as Jiang Ruoyun and Tang Yuan watched anxiously.
• A mysterious purple light appeared in Lu Feng’s eyes, stabilizing his seven souls and suppressing Blood Demon’s aura; he then rapidly recovered his cultivation to the Five-Souls Realm.
• Lu Feng explained that his ordinary strength was only about half that of a typical cultivator at his realm and that unsealing his soul arrays for too long could shatter his souls.
• Lu Feng warned Tang Yuan and Jiang Ruoyun that Blood Demon was their true threat and gave Tang Yuan a jade slip containing the Bone Removal Technique.
• Jiang Ruoyun joked about whether Lu Feng had a gift for her, and her smile moved him to vow that he would protect it.

Lu Feng broke the seal on Jiang Ruoyun’s Storage Ring, revealing a letter that explained her mother’s abandonment and confirmed that she was still alive. Using the formation materials Jiang Ruoyun gave him, Lu Feng ambushed Peng Xing’s forces with the Red Mist Illusion Array, then baited Blood Demon toward the next stage of their plan.

• Lu Feng broke the special seal on Jiang Ruoyun’s Storage Ring, and Jiang Ruoyun read Jiang Batian’s letter about her mother, Jiang Ruoqin, and Third Grandfather Jiang Juetian.
• Jiang Ruoyun gave Lu Feng the high-grade formation materials from the ring, and he prepared to use them against Blood Demon’s forces.
• Blood Demon sensed the aura Lu Feng had left at the waterfall and sent Peng Xing and half the men to investigate the shallow bank.
• Lu Feng activated the Red Mist Illusion Array, and Tang Yuan, Jiang Ruoyun, and Lu Feng killed Peng Xing’s subordinates before wounding Peng Xing with a poisoned arrow.
• Lu Feng’s group withdrew while Peng Xing fled, and Lu Feng shot an arrow toward Blood Demon to lure him into their next trap.
• Blood Demon saw through the provocation but pursued Lu Feng’s group, confident that the Azure Dragon Seal would let him overpower their ambush.

Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Jiang Ruoyun ambushed the Blood Demon with layered formations, weakening his forces while Tang Yuan fought him. After the Blood Demon seized Jiang Ruoyun and fled, an unknown expert took her away; Lu Feng caught up with the crippled Blood Demon and prepared to torture him for answers.

• Lu Feng used the Thousand Silk Vein Severing Array and other formations to split and weaken the Blood Demon’s group, while Tang Yuan engaged the Blood Demon.
• Tang Yuan’s Clear Spirit Jade Talisman helped him resist the formation’s effects, and he gradually held the weakened Blood Demon at bay as Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun eliminated the trapped Blood Clan disciples.
• The Blood Demon used the Azure Dragon Seal to repel Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun, then tried to devour the corpses’ energy before Tang Yuan stopped him.
• The Blood Demon grabbed Jiang Ruoyun and demanded that Lu Feng and Tang Yuan destroy their seven souls, but a terrifying aura from Jiang Ruoyun made him flee with her.
• Lu Feng chased the Blood Demon and found him gravely injured; the Blood Demon said an expert had taken Jiang Ruoyun away, and Lu Feng threatened him with a carving knife and soul coin.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan recovered Blood Demon's treasures and agreed to return to Water Bamboo Pavilion before heading to the Spirit Prison, while the Ancient Desolation Altar transformed Blood Demon's skeleton into its seventh-layer guardian soldier. Elsewhere, Cheng Zhishu ambushed Peng Xing and began devouring his essence blood and spiritual energy.

• Lu Feng told Tang Yuan that Jiang Ruoyun had been taken away by an expert and that they would need to grow stronger before they could reach her.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan searched Blood Demon's Storage Ring; Lu Feng returned Tang Yuan's Ocean Stabilizing Golden Bell and gave him the Azure Dragon Seal and several cultivation arts.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan decided to return to Water Bamboo Pavilion for two days before traveling to the Spirit Prison.
• The Ancient Desolation Altar drained Blood Demon's corpse, turned his bones into a Core Formation Realm blood-colored skeleton, and absorbed him as the seventh layer's guardian soldier.
• Cheng Zhishu caught Peng Xing in the mountains, pierced him with a spear, shattered his meridians, and began devouring his essence blood and spiritual energy.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan left Azure Dragon Town for the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison, discussing their cultivation and hopes of growing stronger along the way. In Tian Yuan City, they found an annual Soul Duel Tournament, and Tang Yuan chose the Martial Duel while Lu Feng decided to enter the Array Duel.

• Lu Feng gave Xiang Tianming Azure Dragon Town's Year Chronicle, but Jia Tingxi attacked Tang Yuan before Mu Hongfei ended the confrontation and let them leave.
• Lu Feng told Tang Yuan that he could recover to the peak of the Chakra Realm with enough spiritual energy, though he was unsure he could condense a Soul Core again.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan waited as Azure Dragon Town recovered, then set out toward the Eastern Origin Spirit Prison.
• On their journey, Lu Feng explained that the Spirit Prison's Book Sea might hold clues to beast cores and methods for forming a core again.
• In Tian Yuan City, Tang Yuan decided to enter the Martial Duel Tournament, and Lu Feng signed up for the Array Duel Tournament.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan stayed at Jun Man Restaurant in Tian Yuan City, where they learned about the Jun Family, spirit dishes, and the restaurant’s mission board. After three days of training and eating, Tang Yuan had comprehended a move and a half, with the competition approaching.

• Lu Feng explained that Jun Man Restaurant was backed by the influential Jun Family and served as a place to trade information, spirit treasures, and black-market missions.
• Tang Yuan ordered a feast of meat dishes, and Lu Feng realized his appetite had changed after refining the Black Dragon Core; eating spirit dishes also helped Tang Yuan absorb spiritual energy.
• Two men argued over an orange mission token, but Big Strong threw them out for fighting inside the restaurant and returned their tokens to the board.
• Tang Yuan and Lu Feng watched a cold, formidable Bounty Soul Hunter complete an orange mission and take a yellow one, and Lu Feng warned Tang Yuan not to make such people enemies.
• After finding that their meal had left them with only enough money for about five days, Tang Yuan and Lu Feng decided to wait for the competition’s rewards rather than hunt spirit beasts for Soul Coins.
• During the next three days, Tang Yuan and Lu Feng mostly stayed at Jun Man Restaurant, and Tang Yuan comprehended a move and a half.

Lu Feng dominated the first stage of the Array Duel with flawless answers, drawing attention as he advanced in first place. He reunited with Tang Yuan, who had advanced in the Martial Arts Competition and revealed he had comprehended a sound-wave Spirit Skill, before Lu Feng prepared for the inscription-carving stage.

• Lu Feng finished the hundred-question array examination in the time it took to drink half a cup of tea, astonishing the three supervisors with his speed and unusual answers.
• Lu Feng handed in his scroll and went to watch Tang Yuan, who explained that his Spirit Gathering Realm opponent had conceded and that he had comprehended the sound-wave Spirit Skill Black Dragon's Roar.
• Lu Feng cautioned Tang Yuan to retreat if he faced an opponent he could not defeat, and Tang Yuan said he still had a chance against a Core Formation Realm opponent without a Spirit Skill or soul attack.
• Lu Feng returned for the results and was named the top scorer, advancing among the twenty finalists while other competitors stared at him in shock and hostility.
• A supervisor announced that the second stage would test inscription of Contract Patterns on jade, and the competitors received carving tools and materials before the gong signaled the start.

Lu Feng deliberately hid his engraving skill in the second stage, then advanced to the third stage, where he faced an arrogant Core Formation Realm opponent in Vein Connection. Lu Feng quickly connected the opponent’s crude patterns and waited as his opponent struggled with Lu Feng’s flawless work.

• Lu Feng engraved slowly and clumsily to conceal his ability while noticing a refined young man using two carving blades at once.
• The supervisors eliminated three contestants and advanced twelve, including Lu Feng, to the third stage.
• The supervisors paired Lu Feng against a Core Formation Realm contestant, who threatened to defeat him.
• Lu Feng quickly connected the opponent’s crude patterns, while the opponent was shocked by the quality of Lu Feng’s engraving.
• Lu Feng prepared to connect the two jade pieces and told his nervous opponent to take his time because he would wait.