Chapter Summaries

Leveling Sky Venerable unleashed a massive lightning dragon against Benevolent Heart Academy, but Lu Feng’s hidden array halted and weakened the attack before the defenses shattered it. The gathered experts recognized the mysterious Spirit Pillars as part of an unrecorded Lost Array, whose powers and weaknesses remained unknown.

• Luo Xiaoxi learned that a hidden Treasure Item behind Benevolent Heart Academy’s statue helped neutralize lightning, while the Fat Old Man prepared to intervene only if Leveling Sky Venerable neared death.
• Shao Yang, Jun Ziyi, and the others watched from the reception room and vowed to become strong enough to protect Lu Feng and avenge the Herding Cloud Sect’s attacks.
• Leveling Sky Venerable fused nine lightning dragons into a colossal strike, prompting the surrounding experts and Wang Po to flee or keep their distance.
• Three enormous Spirit Pillars appeared around QuFu Mountain and briefly stopped the lightning dragon, weakening it enough for the grand array to shatter it.
• Tian Lingzi concluded that the unknown array was a Lost Array that had never been recorded, with its nature, power, and method of breaking all unknown.

Lu Feng used the Burial Gold Dipper and QuFu Mountain’s formations to kill Leveling Sky Venerable, then confronted the arriving Herding Cloud Sect. He revealed the mountain’s Nine Palaces formation and warned the sect to leave or face his wrath.

• Lu Feng unleashed a Thunder Spear formed from lightning absorbed by the Burial Gold Dipper, while the Fat Old Man’s sneak attack shattered Leveling Sky Venerable’s defenses and helped kill him.
• Mu Hongyin and the gathered Soul Masters were shaken by Leveling Sky Venerable’s death, and Lu Feng recognized the Fat Old Man’s strength.
• Mu Hongjun and five elders arrived seeking revenge, but Mu Hongyin warned them that the mountain’s formation could absorb and gather lightning.
• Lu Feng rejected Mu Hongjun’s demand to see Zhou Renshu and used the formation to rise into the air.
• Nine Spirit Pillars rose around QuFu Mountain as Lu Feng ordered the Herding Cloud Sect to leave and warned that no one could run wild there.

Lu Feng used the Dragon Slaying Array on QuFu Mountain to repel Mu Hongjun and the Herding Cloud Sect, whose assault was devastated by star-powered attacks. Mu Hongjun withdrew beyond the array’s reach and threatened to destroy Lu Feng’s sect whenever its members ventured out.

• The Herding Cloud Sect charged Lu Feng, and the Fat Old Man recognized that Lu Feng had activated the Dragon Slaying Array with all nine platforms deployed.
• Lu Feng drew on the power of the stars through seven Dragon Slaying Platforms and sent a blue Star Ray crashing down on Mu Hongjun’s group.
• The Star Ray killed an elder and split into more beams, injuring Mu Hongjun and forcing the surviving attackers to defend themselves.
• Mu Hongjun ordered his group to retreat beyond the reach of QuFu Mountain’s array.
• Mu Hongjun stopped with his men and threatened to kill Lu Feng’s sect members whenever they left the mountain.

Chu Yunjing, Luo Qingqiu, and Luo Xiaoxi protected QuFu Mountain from Herding Cloud Sect’s threats, forcing Mu Hongjun to withdraw. Lu Feng was moved by Old Book’s disciples and allies publicly standing with Benevolent Heart Academy.

• Mu Hongjun threatened to kill people from Benevolent Heart Academy, while Lu Feng could only watch from within QuFu Mountain’s defenses.
• Chu Yunjing arrived and warned Herding Cloud Sect that Battle Sect would retaliate if it harmed Lu Feng’s school.
• Luo Qingqiu joined Chu Yunjing and pledged Phantom Sound Valley’s support for QuFu Mountain.
• Luo Xiaoxi declared that the Luo Family and Jun Family would protect her best sister, prompting onlookers to reconsider QuFu Mountain’s influence.
• Mu Hongjun ordered Herding Cloud Sect to retreat, and Chu Yunjing told the gathered Soul Masters to disperse.
• Lu Feng realized that Old Book’s former disciples and sworn brothers had come to support him, and he felt deeply moved.

After the battle, Lu Feng reunited with Chu Yunjing and Luo Qingqiu at Listening Rain Terrace while Jun Ziyi struggled with Luo Xiaoxi’s wish to marry her mentor. The chapter ended with Jun Ziyi and Luo Xiaoxi arriving just as Chu Yunjing pinched Lu Feng’s cheek and questioned his changed appearance.

• Shao Yang felt embarrassed about having treated Chu Yunjing coldly and offered to bring wine to Lu Feng’s gathering.
• Luo Xiaoxi learned that Lu Feng was Jun Ziyi’s mentor and revealed she believed he had saved her in the Battle Realm, then asked to become his wife.
• Jun Ziyi grew jealous and objected, but eventually agreed to take Luo Xiaoxi to see Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng and Chu Yunjing recovered with help from Luo Qingqiu’s music at Listening Rain Terrace.
• Chu Yunjing pinched Lu Feng’s cheek and questioned whether his changed appearance was a disguise as Jun Ziyi and Luo Xiaoxi arrived.

Jun Ziyi scared Luo Xiaoxi away by falsely claiming Chu Yunjing liked men, while Lu Feng reunited with Chu Yunjing and Luo Qingqiu and revealed the danger surrounding Leng Huaping. After Lu Feng assured them his revenge plans were already underway, the three reaffirmed their bond and prepared to drink together.

• Jun Ziyi told Luo Xiaoxi that Chu Yunjing liked men, and Luo Xiaoxi fled in disgust when Jun Ziyi suggested they approach him.
• Chu Yunjing reunited with Lu Feng and Luo Qingqiu, then asked about Old Book and learned that he had been injured retrieving Central Palace Earth before setting out to search for Northern Essence Water and help Leng Huaping.
• Lu Feng explained that Leng Huaping had fallen into a soul slumber after her Heaven Soul Realm breakthrough and needed the Heavenly Fragrance Soul Jade to awaken.
• Pressed by Chu Yunjing and Luo Qingqiu, Lu Feng revealed that Sun Liuliu, Qin Tianliang, and Sang Feichen had interfered with Leng Huaping's breakthrough in the Illusory Realm of Grand Emptiness.
• Chu Yunjing and Luo Qingqiu vowed to help avenge Leng Huaping, but Lu Feng said his plans were already underway; the three renewed their Northern Nether Seven oath and decided to drink together.

Lu Feng learned that Lan Tianyiqi had entered the Boundless Underworld Sea and that his soul jade had recently shattered, leaving him grieving but clinging to the possibility that Lan was alive. As the Blood Clan’s invasions threatened the front lines, Chu Yunjing urged Lu Feng to focus on finding Northern Essence Water, then challenged him to a spear match at Listening Rain Terrace.

• Chu Yunjing told Lu Feng that Old Wood had risen into one of the Seven Top Soul Hunter Groups while training under an alias.
• Chu Yunjing revealed that Lan Tianyiqi had entered the Boundless Underworld Sea alone more than two years earlier and that his soul jade had recently shattered.
• Lu Feng blamed himself for Lan Tianyiqi’s fate but hoped that the shattered soul jade did not mean Lan was dead.
• Chu Yunjing told Lu Feng that the Blood Clan had repeatedly invaded and advised him to find Northern Essence Water rather than head to the front lines.
• Lu Feng agreed to fight Chu Yunjing at Listening Rain Terrace, where Chu promised to demonstrate the Heaven’s Will Four Absolute Spears.
• Lu Feng called Shao Yang over to watch Chu Yunjing display his spear art.

Luo Xiaoxi discovered Jun Ziyi had lied about Lu Feng and rushed back to confront her, only to find Lu Feng sparring with Chu Yunjing. Chu Yunjing demonstrated the Raging Dragon Eight Forms for Shao Yang, and Lu Feng calmly countered its first form.

• The Fat Old Man told Luo Xiaoxi that Lu Feng was famously amorous, making her realize Jun Ziyi had deceived her about him liking men.
• Luo Xiaoxi returned to Benevolent Heart Academy, confronted Jun Ziyi, and dragged her toward Listening Rain Terrace to see Lu Feng’s mentor.
• Luo Xiaoxi and Jun Ziyi arrived as Lu Feng and Chu Yunjing sparred, while Shao Yang watched Chu Yunjing’s spear technique closely.
• Chu Yunjing announced the Raging Dragon Eight Forms and launched its first form, Reversing Dragon Piercing Army, at Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng blocked Chu Yunjing’s sweeping spear strike with a finger sword, sending Chu Yunjing flying backward amid shattered blossoms.

Lu Feng and Chu Yunjing fought through a rapid exchange of spear and sword techniques, with Shao Yang watching and studying their combat. Chu Yunjing then raised his Awe-Inspiring Battle Intent, leaving Lu Feng bewildered and questioning whether he still knew swordsmanship.

• Chu Yunjing chained several forms of the Raging Dragon Eight Forms, but Lu Feng recognized the attacks and evaded or countered them.
• Lu Feng rolled along Chu Yunjing's spear shaft and sent out Sword Light, disrupting Chu Yunjing's planned close-range follow-up.
• Shao Yang watched the battle and realized how difficult it would be to withstand Chu Yunjing's precise timing and attacks.
• Chu Yunjing abandoned his plan to instruct Shao Yang and raised his Awe-Inspiring Battle Intent against Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng resisted the battle intent with the Killing Heart Art but suddenly forgot which sword techniques to use and wondered whether he truly knew swordsmanship.

Lu Feng entered a mysterious blank state during his spar with Chu Yunjing, releasing sorrowful intent through the Great Compassion Sword and countering Chu Yunjing's spear techniques with uncanny instinct. After Lu Feng stopped their destructive fight, Chu Yunjing wondered whether the state resembled the legendary Returning Heart realm, though he doubted Lu Feng could have reached it.

• Chu Yunjing unleashed the Heaven's Will Four Absolute Spears against Lu Feng, but Lu Feng's sorrowful intent suppressed his fighting spirit.
• Lu Feng instinctively released the Great Compassion Sword, shattering Chu Yunjing's spear force and blasting him backward.
• Chu Yunjing attacked again with the Yin Yang Stance, and Lu Feng countered its icy chill with the Blazing Sun Swordplay before Chu Yunjing shifted from ice to fire and broke apart his sword force.
• Chu Yunjing followed with Dragon's Roar in the Sky, but Lu Feng called off the fight to prevent further damage to Listening Rain Terrace.
• Chu Yunjing accepted that Lu Feng was Old Lu and questioned how he could react so sharply while his mind was blank.
• Chu Yunjing wondered whether Lu Feng had entered the legendary Returning Heart state, then rejected the idea because its known practitioners had reached at least the Heaven Soul Realm Nine Breaths.

Lu Feng and Chu Yunjing discussed Lu Feng’s mysterious blank state, while Chu Yunjing helped Shao Yang recover after he struggled to comprehend spear techniques. Jun Ziyi learned that Chu Yunjing and Lu Feng were among her brother Jun Zi Mo’s sworn brothers, leaving her and Shao Yang stunned by Lu Feng’s hidden connections.

• Lu Feng and Chu Yunjing discussed whether Lu Feng’s blank state was the Returning Heart realm, but they could not determine its cause.
• Shao Yang faltered after trying to digest Chu Yunjing’s spear techniques, so Chu Yunjing guided him through them until he recovered.
• Chu Yunjing invited Shao Yang to join Battle Sect, but Shao Yang chose to remain Lu Feng’s student.
• Chu Yunjing revealed that he was Jun Zi Mo’s sworn eldest brother, and Jun Ziyi realized he was one of her brother’s sworn companions.
• Luo Qingqiu revealed that Lu Feng was also Jun Zi Mo’s sworn brother, leaving Jun Ziyi and Shao Yang astonished by Lu Feng’s connections.

Jun Ziyi learned that Lu Feng had secretly met her brother and still hoped to meet the Night Feather Sword Master, unaware that Lu Feng was the person she admired. After Lu Feng admitted saving Luo Xiaoxi, Feng Yuan asked him to rescue his son, and they prepared to head to Demonic Ape Mountain.

• Jun Ziyi recalled Lu Feng's boast about being the Night Feather Sword Master, but dismissed the possibility and asked if he could introduce her to the sword master someday.
• Luo Qingqiu revealed that Lu Feng had entered Spirit Prison as a Rogue Cultivator and beaten Jun Zi Mo until he stopped looking down on him.
• Lu Feng admitted to Luo Xiaoxi that he had saved her in the Battle Realm, but brushed off her thanks and said the favor was even.
• Feng Yuan awakened and knelt before Lu Feng, asking him to save Feng Minglang, so Lu Feng told him to accompany him to Demonic Ape Mountain.
• Luo Xiaoxi offered to send Fat Grandfather with them, while Chu Yunjing gave Feng Yuan a bottle of five Top Top Pills for emergencies.
• Lu Feng warned Shao Yang that the Top Top Pill was unsuitable for him, and Shao Yang chose to stay with Lu Feng and their companions rather than join the Battle Sect.

Sun Liuliu learned that her brother Cheng Nuo had been spotted at the Soft Phoenix Pavilion and rushed with Jiang Qingyi toward Eternal Abundance City. Meanwhile, Lu Feng’s group reached Demonic Ape Mountain with Feng Yuan and One Finger Slaughter, where the mountain’s unusual cultivation environment hinted at why Feng Yuan fought so recklessly.

• Jin Guan Kai failed to recreate the Kind Spirit Rain Prayer Array, and Sun Liuliu revealed she had suppressed most of her Yin Force but still planned to attend the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins.
• Jiang Qingyi arrived with news that Cheng Nuo had been seen at the Soft Phoenix Pavilion, so she and Sun Liuliu set out for Eternal Abundance City.
• Lu Feng’s group arrived at Demonic Ape Mountain with One Finger Slaughter, whose rank and strength on the Heaven List astonished the others.
• Feng Yuan saw twelve guards at the mountain gate instead of the usual four and realized turmoil had broken out within his sect.
• Lu Feng, Chu Yunjing, and Luo Qingqiu sensed the mountain’s unusually heavy spiritual qi and recognized how it encouraged brute-force combat while hindering movement techniques.

Feng Yuan and Lu Feng pushed into the sect after Feng Yuan’s disciples blocked their way, and Feng Yuan learned that Guest Elder Ge Jiujiu had seized leadership. They found ancient Stone Ape statues in the martial arts arena before reaching Feng Yuan, who had been wounded again as an attacker fled.

• Feng Yuan ordered the mountain guarding disciples to stand aside, but their leader refused because the New Sect Master had commanded them to bar the way.
• Feng Yuan struck the disciples with his Demonic Ape Staff, then rushed into the sect after a silent disciple sent up a signal firework.
• Lu Feng and the others crossed the vast Martial Arts Arena, where Lu Feng and One Finger Slaughter noticed that its four ancient Stone Ape statues were strange.
• Feng Yuan and the group heard fighting near a ruined building, and an attacker fled as they arrived.
• Feng Yuan leaned on an iron staff and coughed blood while four or five middle-aged men stood nearby, looking anxious and guilty.

Feng Yuan reclaimed Demonic Ape Mountain from Ge Jiujiu, but the Water Dungeon remained sealed with his son and others trapped inside. One Finger Slaughter struck the Heaven Severing Gate’s array core and began breaking open the stone gate.

• Feng Yuan explained that Ge Jiujiu had drugged the elders, seized control of Demonic Ape Mountain, and locked their families and disciples in the Water Dungeon before fleeing with its key.
• Feng Yuan asked One Finger Slaughter to open the dungeon, and Lu Feng agreed after Luo Xiaoxi asked whether her grandfather should help.
• Feng Yuan recalled building the Water Dungeon after his wife was killed and led the group to the Heaven Severing Gate.
• Chu Yunjing struck the stone gate with a powerful palm, but it barely trembled, while Lu Feng sensed the array protecting it.
• One Finger Slaughter pierced the boulder with a single finger, striking the hidden array core and causing the gate to crack apart.

After Feng Minglang and his Junior Brothers were rescued from the Corpse Water, the elders learned that he had endured the Death Qi to protect them. Lu Feng offered a risky array method to save them by sacrificing the body part where the Death Qi gathered, and the group began deciding who would undergo it first.

• The elders mistook Feng Minglang for forcing his Junior Brothers to hold him above the Corpse Water, but the men pleaded for him to be rescued because he had stayed in the water longest to shield them.
• One Finger Slaughter explained that the men were severely tainted by Death Qi, which could ruin their meridians and leave them unable to tolerate Sun Essence.
• Feng Yuan failed to save Feng Minglang with spiritual energy and begged Lu Feng for help after One Finger Slaughter admitted he could not dispel the Death Qi.
• Lu Feng proposed using an array to gather the Death Qi in one location and sacrifice that part, warning that he had only a twenty to thirty percent chance of success.
• Feng Minglang volunteered to undergo the method first, but his Junior Brothers and an elder urged him to let one of them go first and recover before taking the risk.

Lu Feng prepared to attempt a dangerous treatment for Feng Minglang and the others while his companions departed, and Chu Yunjing gave Shao Yang a Battle Sect Battle Decree. In Eternal Abundance City, Sun Liuliu and Jiang Qingyi found Sun Chengnuo abused and mentally broken, then left Soft Phoenix Pavilion as their guards slaughtered everyone inside.

• Lu Feng warned Feng Minglang and the others that his method carried only a twenty to thirty percent chance of survival, but they insisted, and he told Feng Yuan to build a Sun Severing Cloth shed in the Martial Arts Arena.
• Chu Yunjing warned Feng Yuan not to blame Lu Feng if anything went wrong, then departed with Luo Qingqiu as Lu Feng cautioned them about the dangers ahead.
• Luo Xiaoxi refused to leave Lu Feng, despite his suggestion that she go to QuFu Mountain and visit Xiao Yi.
• Chu Yunjing gave Shao Yang a Battle Sect Battle Decree, explaining it was for Lu Feng’s protection, and Shao Yang accepted and vowed to cultivate harder.
• Sun Liuliu and Jiang Qingyi found Sun Chengnuo at Soft Phoenix Pavilion and learned that he had been trafficked, severely beaten, and left mentally impaired.
• Sun Liuliu ordered the guards to kill everyone at Soft Phoenix Pavilion, but Jiang Qingyi delayed the killings until she and Sun Liuliu had taken Sun Chengnuo away.

Sun Liuliu and Jiang Qingyi suspected the Luo and Qin Families of being involved in Sun Chengnuo’s disappearance and planned to kill Qin Tianliang in the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins. On Demonic Ape Mountain, Lu Feng and One Finger Slaughter discovered that the four Stone Seats concealed a dormant Tilted Rock Array, surprising Feng Yuan and the elders.

• Sun Liuliu told Jiang Qingyi that the lord of Eternal Abundance City was from the Luo Family and described clues implicating Luo Tianfu and Qin Tianliang in Sun Chengnuo’s disappearance.
• Jiang Qingyi ordered Sun Liuliu to arrange a clean strike against Qin Tianliang in the Hundred Valleys Sword Ruins, and Sun Liuliu agreed.
• Lu Feng and One Finger Slaughter examined the four Stone Seats on Demonic Ape Mountain and confirmed that they contained remnants of an ancient array.
• Lu Feng explained that the damaged array might be restored by replenishing its formation, and One Finger Slaughter identified it as the rare suppression-type Tilted Rock Array.
• Feng Yuan and the elders arrived, astonished to learn that an array had been hidden on the mountain despite their years there.

Lu Feng explained how repairing the Tilted Rock Array could help draw Death Qi from Feng Yuan’s son and the other disciples, and enlisted One Finger Slaughter to prepare the array. The group began arranging the work needed to restore a weakened version of the formation.

• Lu Feng explained that the Tilted Rock Array could make Death Qi sink away from Spiritual Qi and reduce the pain and damage during treatment.
• One Finger Slaughter warned Feng Yuan that repairing the dormant array normally required rare Heavy Crystals, but Lu Feng proposed feeding the mountain’s heavy Spiritual Qi back into the formation instead.
• Luo Xiaoxi offered One Finger Slaughter’s help, and Lu Feng asked him to bind the heavy Spiritual Qi within a designated area.
• Lu Feng also asked One Finger Slaughter to carve openings into the remaining three stone pedestals, and he agreed for Luo Xiaoxi’s sake.
• Lu Feng noticed that One Finger Slaughter’s index and middle fingers were unusually short and sensed a terrifying aura beneath their awkward appearance.

Lu Feng began treating Feng Minglang and the other four youths by sealing their Death Qi inside their left arms, while Xiao Liqiu reluctantly chose the same sacrifice after jokingly offering another body part. Lu Feng completed the first stage with blood-essence patterns, then said the next stage required Spirit Source Liquid, leaving Feng Yuan to ask how much the sect needed.

• Feng Minglang and three companions chose to sacrifice their left arms, and Xiao Liqiu eventually agreed after his childish suggestion was rejected.
• Luo Xiaoxi left the shack when Lu Feng told the youths to remove their clothes for treatment.
• Lu Feng examined their meridians and inscribed blood-essence patterns on all five left arms to prevent the Death Qi from flowing back.
• Xiao Liqiu discovered that spiritual energy could enter his arm but could no longer be drawn out through its meridians.
• Lu Feng said the next stage of Guiding required Spirit Source Liquid rather than more blood essence, and Feng Yuan asked how much to prepare.