Chapter Summaries

Lu Feng investigated the Mother-Child Star Shuttle records at the Weapon Sect and considered whether the Sun, Gongsun, or Qin families were involved. He commissioned the sect to forge specialized equipment, then departed with Wen Ningsi as the Weapon Sect’s leaders reflected on his generosity and the sect’s far-reaching influence.

• The Old Sect Leader told Lu Feng that the Sun and Gongsun families were the only forces likely able to produce three Mother-Child Star Shuttles, while Lu Feng weighed clues pointing toward the Qin Family.
• Lu Feng declined Wen Ningsi’s offer of help with his investigation but commissioned the Weapon Sect to forge arrow fletchings and other items from rare materials.
• Wen Ningsi agreed to return to the Weapon Sect soon and accompanied Lu Feng toward Benevolent Heart Academy.
• Lu Feng publicly gave rare materials to the Weapon Sect’s leaders, explaining that the gift was meant to encourage people to protect his disciples.
• The Old Sect Leader assigned the Blade Hall Master and Sword Hall Master to complete Lu Feng’s commission and agreed to supervise them.
• On the carriage ride, Wen Ningsi explained how the Old Sect Leader and Ghost Artisan followed different forging philosophies and how former Weapon Sect disciples helped protect the sect’s reputation.

Lu Feng was ambushed on the road to Benevolent Heart Academy by Ping Yang, who had been ordered to teach him a brutal lesson, and a second enemy nearly turned the encounter fatal. Xiong Yuan arrived with a Body Sect elder, driving off both attackers, while Lu Feng suspected Jun Ziya had sent Ping Yang but could not identify the old woman.

• Lu Feng halted the carriage when Ping Yang blocked the road, then urged Wen Ningsi to take the others to safety while he held the old man back.
• Ping Yang attacked Lu Feng with converging palm strikes, and Lu Feng recognized him as Heavenly List Thirty-One after realizing the attacks targeted his lower body.
• A hunched old woman emerged and admitted she had come for Lu Feng too, but Ping Yang insisted that Lu Feng's life was still useful.
• Lu Feng attacked the old woman to provoke Ping Yang into helping him, and the two elders fought while keeping him from escaping.
• Another Heaven Soul Realm Late Stage cultivator arrived with Xiong Yuan, causing the old woman and Ping Yang to leave.
• Lu Feng suspected Jun Ziya had sent Ping Yang to punish him, but he could not tell which faction the old woman belonged to.

Lu Feng learned that Sun Liuliu had sent the old woman who attacked him, then returned to find that Tang Yuan and the others could not fuse beast cores in the Six Paths Coffin as he had expected. Lu Feng fused two cores effortlessly, and Hong Cang Zhenren suspected the ability came from Lu Feng himself.

• Hong Cang Zhenren identified Lu Feng's attacker as a member of the Sun Family, and Lu Feng feared Sun Liuliu would enlist his enemies against him.
• Lu Feng learned that Tang Yuan's breakthrough had not begun because no one could fuse beast cores, and he returned to the mountain with Xiong Yuan.
• Man Zhongli and Ning Xiang cried with relief at Lu Feng's safe return, while Wen Ningsi urged them not to blame themselves for the attack.
• Tang Yuan brought Lu Feng into the Six Paths Domain, where Lu Feng effortlessly fused two ordinary beast cores into a stronger one.
• Hong Cang Zhenren and Wen Ningsi tried to copy Lu Feng but their beast cores exploded, leading Hong Cang Zhenren to suspect that Lu Feng himself enabled the fusion.

Lu Feng discovered that his ability to fuse beast cores might come from his unusual origins, and Hong Cang Zhenren pointed him toward Beast Valley for answers. Meanwhile, Qin Tianliang used a romantic boat outing to confirm that Ji Lanxin had provided the array disc that led Sun Liuliu to suspect him, leaving him to investigate who had manipulated her.

• Hong Cang Zhenren sensed a force of intimidation during Lu Feng’s beast-core fusion, and Lu Feng connected it to his black pupils and earlier encounters with beasts.
• Hong Cang Zhenren suggested Lu Feng’s inherited constitution might explain the force and hinted that Beast Valley could reveal more about his origins.
• Lu Feng fused four ultimate Five Elements beast cores after several hours, creating a powerful core for Tang Yuan to refine.
• Lu Feng left for Jinwan City in disguise after confirming that no one had targeted him again.
• Qin Tianliang returned Ji Lanxin’s Orchid Jade Pendant and pretended to thank her for sending an array disc, prompting her to accept credit for the favor.
• Qin Tianliang concluded that Ji Lanxin had supplied the Ringed Vortex Wheel Array disc but suspected someone else had used her as a pawn, so he resolved to investigate her connections.

Lu Feng returned to the Lin Residence and learned that Zhong Sanxiao had betrayed Lin Wanxia, stolen the Thorn Mountain Jade Bead, and left her gravely injured. As he faced Lin Wanxia’s demand to secure the Chu Family’s half of the key, he learned that the Chu Family had arrived with marriage gifts and wanted to meet one of his friends.

• Lu Feng found the Lin Residence damaged and learned from Lin Xiaowan that Zhong Sanxiao had infiltrated the attack on Lin Wanxia, wounded her, and stolen the Thorn Mountain Jade Bead.
• Lin Wanxia questioned Lu Feng about Lin Baijian and gave him one month to complete her task, then used her soul restraint to punish him.
• Lin Xiaowan told Lu Feng that the Chu Family’s ancestral mountain had been robbed and that the other half of the key might have been stolen.
• Lin Wuhu summoned Lu Feng to meet Chu Youren, who had brought dowry gifts for the proposed marriage between the Chu Family and Lin Liyun.
• Lu Feng realized that Chu Youren had come partly because the Chu Family hoped to use his connection to Ghost Performer and the Qiong Ridge Six Oddities.

Lu Feng and Lin Xiaowan encountered Chu Youwei and learned she had arranged for them to travel with her to Heavenly Cuisine Villa. Chu Youwei agreed to investigate the Lin Family’s secret treasure in exchange for freedom, while Chu Xuanhe and Weng Qin secretly planned to keep her under the Chu Family’s control.

• Chu Youren demanded that Lu Feng bring his powerful friend to the Chu Family’s return-gift ceremony, and Lu Feng revealed his apparent breakthrough to the Earth Soul Realm Middle Stage.
• Chu Youwei arrived at the Lin residence, explained that her uncle had summoned her, and invited Lin Xiaowan to travel with her to Heavenly Cuisine Villa.
• Chu Youwei and Lin Xiaowan agreed to go to Heavenly Cuisine Villa, while both privately felt guilty about the reasons behind the trip.
• Chu Xuanhe and Weng Qin told Chu Youwei to investigate the Lin Family’s secret treasure and bring back related information in exchange for the promise of freedom.
• After Chu Youwei left, Chu Xuanhe and Weng Qin doubted that she would truly be allowed to leave the Chu Family, despite their promise.

After Liu Chu returned to the Clear River Sect and reported meeting a mysterious man in the Sword Ruins, Han Su and the others suspected the man was Su Chen, who had supposedly died three years earlier. Yu Yihan learned that Su Chen had carried a woman and was called her husband, leaving her grieving and uncertain about their relationship.

• Liu Chu returned to the Clear River Sect and was punished for leaving the training party midway.
• Liu Chu told Han Su and the other Martial Uncles that a young man in the Sword Ruins claimed to be Han Su's sworn younger brother and displayed exceptional Clear River Steps and swordsmanship.
• Han Su, Qiong Hua, Gan Yu, and Yin Su suspected the mysterious man was Su Chen, while Liu Chu was shocked that Su Chen might still be alive.
• Yu Yihan asked who Su Chen had carried on his back, and Liu Chu said it was Master's Wife, whom he had called that throughout the journey without either of them denying it.
• Qiong Hua and Yin Su suggested Su Chen and the woman might have used a false identity, but Yu Yihan remained distressed, thinking that only Su Chen had treated their own pretense as false.

Lu Feng traveled toward Profound Gold City with Lin Xiaowan and secretly visited Jiang Ruoyun’s residence, where he learned she had left for the city after Chang Hen Gongzi helped heal her. In Profound Gold City, Qin Tianliang and Yu Ruyan investigated the Ji Family’s movements and suspected Yan Nanqiu or a hidden ally was involved in the schemes against the Qin Family.

• Yu Yihan read Rui Ye’s letter about Su Chen becoming a Sect Leader and heard that Rui Ye planned to wait outside the Azure Mountain Sword Sect for him.
• Lu Feng accepted the Lin Family’s mining contract as an excuse to travel to Profound Gold City, while Lin Xiaowan accompanied him and discussed returning to Heavenly Cuisine Villa.
• Lu Feng took Lin Xiaowan to buy Jade Dew Osmanthus Cake in Anfeng City, then slipped away to search the Xie Residence for Jiang Ruoyun.
• Lu Feng found Jiang Ruoyun’s letter stating that Chang Hen Gongzi had helped heal her injuries and that she had gone to Profound Gold City, leaving him jealous and uneasy.
• Qin Tianliang and Yu Ruyan learned that Long Tongue Old Monster had joined the Ji Family and discussed investigating Ji Lanxin, Yan Nanqiu, and possible threats behind the schemes against the Qin Family.
• Qin Tianliang planned to use Tai Heng to approach Yan Nanqiu and to strengthen ties with the Gongsun Family, while Yu Ruyan worried that a major crisis was approaching.

Lu Feng arranged for Tang Jing and Jun Zi Shuo to meet at Jun Man Restaurant, using Jun Ziya as cover. There, he negotiated a truce and a business arrangement with Jun Ziya, then revealed that Zhong Sanxiao had stolen the Thorn Mountain Jade Bead.

• Lu Feng met Tang Jing and Luo Xiaoxi, then arranged for Tang Jing and Jun Zi Shuo to meet at Jun Man Restaurant.
• Lu Feng sent Jun Zi Shuo a letter inviting Jun Ziya to Jun Man Restaurant, and Jun Zi Shuo delivered it without reading it.
• Jun Zi Shuo escorted Jun Ziya to Jun Man Restaurant, where Lu Feng confronted her about sending Ping Yang to kill him.
• Lu Feng and Jun Ziya agreed that she would stop sending people to harm him, while he would withhold the Sword Ruins resources until West Sheep Mountain was mined.
• Lu Feng gave Jun Ziya a formation diagram in exchange for her continuing the Lin Family's Business Contract, then revealed that Zhong Sanxiao had stolen the Thorn Mountain Jade Bead.

Jun Zi Shuo and Tang Jing reunited and admitted they loved each other, while Luo Xiaoxi urged Jun Zi Shuo to find a practical way to end their engagement. Lu Feng learned that Blazing Enchantress planned to see Qin Bu'er at the Qin Family Banquet, but Qin Su refused his request to attend, leaving him worried about both Blazing Enchantress and a possible assassination plot against Qin Tianliang.

• Luo Xiaoxi pushed Jun Zi Shuo and Tang Jing together, and Jun Zi Shuo confessed that he loved Tang Jing.
• Luo Xiaoxi pressed Jun Zi Shuo to resolve his engagement to her, and he hesitated over eloping with Tang Jing as a last resort.
• Lu Feng left Jun Man Restaurant after arranging talks with Jun Ziya, who learned that Zhong Sanxiao had rebellious intentions and ordered him watched.
• Lu Feng returned to the Soy Juice Hall, learned that Ghost Performer had left a message from Blazing Enchantress and Huang Helou, and went to meet them at Yan Hua Pavilion.
• Blazing Enchantress told Lu Feng she wanted to see Qin Bu'er at the Qin Family Banquet, and Lu Feng asked Qin Su for an invitation.
• Qin Su refused to let Lu Feng attend the banquet, while he worried about Blazing Enchantress and the planned assassination of Qin Tianliang.

Blazing Enchantress learned that Qin Bu'er’s position in the Qin Family may have been weakened, while Tang Jing and Jun Zi Shuo confronted the risks of their forbidden relationship. Wang Wu Bai revealed that Qin Tianliang had tried to assault Tang Jing and challenged Jun Zi Shuo to avenge her.

• Qin Su warned Lu Feng and Huang Helou that Qin Sannuo was gathering allies against their sect and that Yu Ruyan was working for him, leaving Blazing Enchantress conflicted about her father.
• Jun Zi Shuo left Tang Jing at Jun Man Restaurant to avoid arousing suspicion, while Tang Jing worried that their sect ties would make a future together dangerous.
• Wang Wu Bai confronted Tang Jing and learned she was serious about Jun Zi Shuo; she said she would protect him, and Wang Wu Bai warned that she might have to leave her sect to be with him.
• Wang Wu Bai intercepted Jun Zi Shuo and admitted his feelings for Tang Jing, then demanded that Jun Zi Shuo fulfill two conditions before pursuing her.
• Wang Wu Bai revealed that Qin Tianliang had tried to assault Tang Jing and challenged Jun Zi Shuo to kill him using his own abilities; Jun Zi Shuo burned with rage.

Lu Feng received Yun Buran’s letter offering the location of an Abyssal Ancient Tomb and planned an expedition with trusted disciples and tomb explorers. He then followed Qin Chaose into the city and confronted him after discovering Pan Lianqing was riding in the carriage.

• Wang Wu Bai demanded that Jun Zi Shuo grow stronger than Moon Soft and protect her before he would support their relationship.
• Huang Helou gave Lu Feng a letter from Yun Buran describing the Abyssal Ancient Tomb, and Lu Feng decided to send disciples there under Huang Helou’s protection.
• Lu Feng planned to ask Si Kongtong and possibly Wu Ying to lead the tomb expedition and help ensure the group’s safety.
• Lu Feng spotted Qin Chaose entering Profound Gold City, put on his Mystic Wind Scavenger mask, and followed the carriage.
• Lu Feng intercepted Qin Chaose near the Moon Mesh River and sensed that Pan Lianqing, Qin Chaose’s future sister-in-law, was inside the carriage.
• Qin Chaose recognized Lu Feng and nervously asked whether he had come to give him another task.

Lu Feng learned that the Qin Family had developed a counterfeit pill resembling the Creation Pill, while Qin Chaose arranged for him to enter the Qin Family Banquet. After leaving Qin Chaose, Lu Feng returned to the Soy Juice Hall, where Lin Xiaowan prepared him for archery training at Heavenly Cuisine Villa.

• Lu Feng asked Qin Chaose for a way to attend the Qin Family Banquet, and Qin Chaose offered to get him into the villa with the logistics team.
• Lu Feng questioned Qin Chaose about the Black-Clad Men’s corpses, and Qin Chaose explained that his family had collected them because their aura matched that of enemies who had once killed Qin Family explorers.
• Qin Chaose said Uncle Ao had used the corpses’ lingering aura to develop a pill that briefly increased strength and suppressed pain but poisoned and damaged its users.
• Lu Feng concluded that the Qin Family’s pill was a counterfeit rather than proof that the family was behind the Creation Pill, and he left to investigate other leads.
• After Lu Feng left, Qin Chaose returned to Pan Lianqing in the carriage and pressured her to stay with him.
• Lu Feng returned to the Soy Juice Hall and found Lin Xiaowan preparing hundreds of poisoned arrows for their upcoming trip to Heavenly Cuisine Villa, where she explained that new disciples would need archery equipment.

Lin Xiaowan explained Heavenly Cuisine Villa’s arrow-making and hunting practices, then discovered that Lu Feng’s Netherworld Bow was far more extraordinary than he had believed. Worried it would attract attention at the villa, she lent him her Peach Blossom Bow instead.

• Lin Xiaowan showed Lu Feng the Arrow Shafts and arrowheads being treated with Yang Resin Liquid and Hemp Glory Powder, explaining the villa’s hunting methods and restrictions on lethal poison.
• Lin Xiaowan asked to see Lu Feng’s bow, and he took out the Netherworld Bow and let her test its draw.
• Lin Xiaowan compared the Netherworld Bow with her Shadow Containing Bow and recognized that Lu Feng’s bow was stronger than a rare treasure rivaling an earth-grade Treasure Item.
• Lu Feng realized that the Netherworld Bow had belonged to Huo Niu, not to the ordinary hunter Uncle Huo Gen from the Worryfree Village illusion.
• Lin Xiaowan warned that the Netherworld Bow could draw unwanted attention at Heavenly Cuisine Villa and gave Lu Feng her Peach Blossom Bow, which he found much too light.

Chu Xuanhe planned to use Chu Youwei’s appearance at the Qin Family Banquet to keep the Chu Family’s options open while cooperating against Luo Tianfu’s rouge business. Chu Youwei invited Lu Feng to attend with her, and her growing feelings for him left her flustered.

• Chu Xuanhe told Weng Qin that the Luo Family’s young master wanted the Chu Family to help destroy Luo Tianfu’s rouge business after his failure at the Sword Ruins.
• Chu Xuanhe explained that Chu Youwei would attend the Qin Family Banquet with the Lin Family boy so the Chu Family could signal its stance without fully alienating Luo Tianfu.
• Chu Xuanhe gave Chu Youwei a flawed hairpin as her congratulatory gift and refused to arrange anything from the treasury.
• Chu Youwei invited Lu Feng and Lin Xiaowan to a teahouse and said her uncle wanted Lu Feng to attend the banquet with her.
• Chu Youwei admitted she had credited Lu Feng with recovering the Zi Dai Flower to delay being married off and gain time to leave the Chu Family.
• Lin Xiaowan asked to attend the banquet too, while Chu Youwei recalled an embarrassing moment involving Lin Xiaowan and Ice Tail Fish and questioned her own feelings for Lu Feng.

Lu Feng, Lin Xiaowan, and Chu Youwei faced Ji Lanxin and her dangerous guard, Long Tongue Old Monster, before entering the Qin Family Banquet. Ji Lanxin then tried to establish herself as close to Qin Tianliang’s family, but Gongsun Ranran won Yu Ruyan’s favor, leaving Ji Lanxin resentful and still plotting against them.

• Lu Feng, Lin Xiaowan, and Chu Youwei arrived at the Qin Family Villa and met Ji Lanxin, who challenged Chu Youwei’s right to attend and insulted Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng and Lin Xiaowan answered Ji Lanxin, prompting her to order Long Tongue Old Monster to kill Lu Feng; the powerful guard intimidated the group but did not attack.
• Ji Lanxin threatened Lu Feng, Chu Youwei, and Lin Xiaowan, deciding they must die because she feared they might reveal what happened at the Sword Ruins.
• Ji Lanxin entered the villa and presented Yu Ruyan with Jade Ruyi, deliberately announcing her gift and acting as though she were accompanying Qin Tianliang.
• Gongsun Ranran gave Yu Ruyan a thousand-year Nanshan Jade Ganoderma and called her Sister Ruyan, earning Yu Ruyan’s warm approval and making Ji Lanxin resentful.

Ji Lanxin tried to humiliate Chu Youwei over the Chu Family’s shabby congratulatory gift, but Lu Feng presented a rare Earth-grade hairpin that stunned the guests and embarrassed Ji Lanxin. As Lu Feng, Chu Youwei, and Lin Xiaowan headed toward the banquet, Jun Ziya arrived, leaving Lu Feng wondering whether she had come to expose his identity.

• Ji Lanxin mocked Chu Youwei for delaying her congratulations and suggested she present the Chu Family’s gift before the gathered guests.
• The Wu Family’s secondary madam and Ji Lanxin insulted Chu Youwei and Lu Feng, prompting Lu Feng to escort Chu Youwei to offer their congratulations.
• Lu Feng presented the brocade box, and Chu Youwei wished Yu Ruyan well before Ji Lanxin demanded that the gift be opened.
• Lu Feng described the gift as an Earth-grade hairpin, and Yu Ruyan confirmed it was an exceptionally rare artifact, while Ji Lanxin was reprimanded by Qin Tianliang.
• Jun Ziya arrived at the courtyard, and Lu Feng wondered whether she intended to reveal his identity.

Jun Ziya attended the Qin Family banquet and presented refined iron that exposed Qin Tianliang’s mistake over the West Sheep Mountain ore. Lu Feng watched Jiang Ruoyun arrive and leave with Qin Tianliang toward the rear side hall, suspecting she was preparing an assassination.

• Jun Ziya gave Yu Ruyan a piece of pure refined iron and mocked the Qin Family over the stolen Qin King Saber, leaving Qin Tianliang to realize she had outmaneuvered him over the West Sheep Mountain ore.
• Jun Ziya sat beside Lu Feng’s group and allowed Luo Tianfu, Ji Lanxin, Pan Lianqing, and Gongsun Ranran to join her table.
• Jiang Ruoyun arrived with Red Scorpion, and Qin Tianliang eagerly escorted her while Lu Feng watched with concern and jealousy.
• Jiang Ruoyun recognized Lu Feng from afar, exchanged a warning look with him, and left with Qin Tianliang toward the rear side hall.
• Lu Feng heard that the passage led to the back kitchen and suspected Jiang Ruoyun had gone there to prepare an assassination.

At the banquet, Lu Feng followed Lin Xiaowan and Chu Youwei to the back kitchen, where they encountered Su Huaijin, who recognized Lin Liyun and revealed a past connection with him. Later, Su Huaijin subtly attracted both Luo Tianfu’s and Qin Tianliang’s attention while Lu Feng watched Jiang Ruoyun and Jun Ziya from afar.

• Lin Xiaowan and Chu Youwei ignored Lu Feng and went to the back kitchen, and Lu Feng followed after learning that Ao Lao guarded against poisoning.
• Lu Feng, Lin Xiaowan, and Chu Youwei met Xu Dandan in the kitchen and then encountered Su Huaijin, who mistook Lin Xiaowan’s brother for Liyun and asked if he was still alive.
• Lin Xiaowan explained that her brother had survived a disaster but lost his memories, and Su Huaijin said it was good that he did not remember the past.
• Back at the banquet, Lu Feng noticed Jun Ziya speaking with Jiang Ruoyun and worried that Jun Ziya might use her against him.
• Su Huaijin drew Luo Tianfu’s attention with a bashful introduction, then glanced toward Qin Tianliang before leaving, reigniting his interest in her.

At the Qin Family feast, Qin Su brought Blazing Enchantress before Qin Bu'er, whose shocked reaction suggested he recognized her as the daughter of someone he had never forgotten. As the banquet continued, Lu Feng spotted a Green-Robed Old Man consuming poisoned wine and suspected he was cultivating through poison.

• Ji Lanxin postponed her plan to use Luo Tianfu to humiliate Chu Youwei until the banquet had progressed.
• Qin Bu'er and Yu Ruyan opened the feast, and Qin Su and Qin Sannuo appeared after Qin Bu'er finished his speech.
• Qin Su brought the veiled Blazing Enchantress onto the platform, provoking Qin Sannuo to scold her and Qin Bu'er to question her identity.
• Qin Su led Blazing Enchantress away after she briefly revealed her face, leaving Qin Bu'er stunned and Blazing Enchantress tearful.
• Lu Feng saw a Green-Robed Old Man extract dark-green poison from a wine jar, drink the wine, and recover, leading him to suspect the man was Uncle Ao and cultivated with poison.