Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuan learned that he had to defeat six Beast Valley disciples and pass three more trials to earn recognition and take his father back. While he prepared for the challenge, Rui Ying plotted to abduct Jiang Ruoyun, and Jin Peipei prepared a scheme of her own.

• Zuo Fangming told Tang Yuan that he had to defeat six opponents in succession the next morning before facing three further trials, and said he would be the first opponent.
• Xiao Jiao'er assigned the visitors their rooms, separating Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun, while Zuo Fangming warned them not to wander near the invited guests' quarters.
• Tang Yuan accepted the challenge and vowed to win Beast Valley's respect through his strength.
• Rui Ying ordered Liang Qi and Lou Cheng to have Purple Cloud Mountain lure a young woman to his pavilion so they could abduct and poison her with Paradise Hundred-Day Powder.
• Jin Peipei sat with her snake and resolved to carry out her own plan.

Jin Peipei came to Lu Feng's room with a poisoned snakebite and tried to seduce him into helping her, hoping to gain the Blood Clan knowledge she sought. Lu Feng healed most of the wound with Wood Element Qi, then sent her away before she could continue her advances.

• Lu Feng tasted Beast Valley's snacks before Jin Peipei entered his room with a snakebite and asked him to save her.
• Lu Feng sealed the meridians around Jin Peipei's ankle and suspected the carefully controlled venom might have been administered deliberately.
• Jin Peipei blamed the Limitless Sect and offered Lu Feng her foot, hoping to seduce him while he treated the wound.
• Lu Feng used Wood Element Qi enhanced by Eastern Soul Wood to heal Jin Peipei's injury, while worrying that Jiang Ruoyun might also be in danger.
• Jin Peipei offered Lu Feng medicine to finish treating her foot, but he refused and told her to take care of it after returning.

After a message warned Lu Feng that Jiang Ruoyun was in danger at Mountain Tiger Pavilion, he broke through the patrols to find her. He rescued her from the Limitless Sect’s attack and killed Liang Qi and Lou Cheng, leaving Rui Ying and the others facing his fury.

• Jin Peipei explained that Mountain Tiger likely referred to one of the Beast Valley pavilions, and Lu Feng rushed there after reading the message about East Seven.
• Lu Feng forced past Zuo Fangming and the patrolling disciples, then entered the pavilion area and fought off the men who tried to stop him.
• Jiang Ruoyun fell from Mountain Tiger Pavilion, and Lu Feng caught her, realizing the Limitless Sect had poisoned and attacked her.
• Rui Ying accused Jiang Ruoyun of trying to steal a secret treasure and ordered the Beast Valley disciples not to interfere.
• Liang Qi and Lou Cheng attacked Lu Feng, and he killed them with a swift sword technique while holding Jiang Ruoyun.

Lu Feng carried Jiang Ruoyun away after his furious sword strike destroyed the Mountain Tiger Pavilion, then learned she had been poisoned with the Limitless Sect’s Paradise Hundred-Day Powder. Desperate to save her without using the proposed cure, he tried drawing the poison into his Essence Soul, while Beast Valley’s Valley Masters began investigating the disturbance among the beasts.

• Lu Feng unleashed a furious sword strike that drove Rui Ying back, killed the attacking Limitless Sect disciples, and split the Mountain Tiger Pavilion in two.
• Lu Feng warned Xiao Jiao'er and Jin Peipei not to be involved in Jiang Ruoyun’s suffering, then carried Jiang Ruoyun away as Hong Cang Zhenren stopped Rui Ying from attacking Xue Zier.
• Xue Zier told Lu Feng that Jiang Ruoyun’s poison could only be treated through a hundred releases of her inner essence and suggested involving several dozen Limitless Sect disciples.
• Lu Feng refused to accept that cure and tried to draw the poison from Jiang Ruoyun into his Essence Soul through their contract formation marks.
• The Beast Valley Valley Masters learned that the beasts at Iron Halberd Tower had raged without an apparent cause and decided to find an opportunity to test Lu Feng.

Jiang Ruoyun recovered from the previous night's attack, while Lu Feng concealed that he had sealed Paradise Hundred-Day Powder inside his soul sea. Xue Lang revealed that the poison might require a hundred near-equal virgins to cure, leaving Jiang Ruoyun distressed and Xue Zier admitting she had helped the Limitless Sect trap her.

• Jiang Ruoyun woke frightened, and Lu Feng reassured her that she was safe and unharmed.
• Lu Feng told Tang Yuan and Xue Zier that he had sealed the poison in his soul sea, then confessed it had not been removed.
• Xue Lang arrived and explained that the poison could require a hundred virgins of similar strength, while Xue Zier suggested imprisoning potential victims as a last resort.
• Jiang Ruoyun overheard the danger and broke down in tears, while Tang Yuan asked how the Limitless Sect had trapped her.
• Xue Zier knelt before Lu Feng and admitted that her actions had helped the Limitless Sect succeed.

Lu Feng learned that Rui Ying had orchestrated the attack on Jiang Ruoyun, while Xue Zier explained how she had lured Jiang Ruoyun to Mountain Tiger Pavilion. After Lu Feng cleared up Jin Peipei’s insinuations about the previous night, Jiang Ruoyun unexpectedly offered her a place as Lu Feng’s concubine, and Jin Peipei vowed to pursue him on her own terms.

• Xue Zier said Rui Ying had forced her to help lure Jiang Ruoyun out, and Xue Lang reported that Rui Ying had likely killed the fellow disciple who administered the poison.
• Lu Feng dismissed the need for evidence to kill Rui Ying and questioned Xue Zier about how she had tricked Jiang Ruoyun into going to Mountain Tiger Pavilion.
• Jin Peipei and Xiao Jiao'er assured Lu Feng that they had no connection to the Limitless Sect, and Jin Peipei emphasized that Lu Feng had saved her from snake venom the previous night.
• When Xiao Jiao'er repeatedly interrupted Lu Feng’s explanation, he rebuked her and clarified to Jiang Ruoyun that Jin Peipei had entered his room herself and that he had only helped her.
• Jiang Ruoyun offered Jin Peipei the chance to become Lu Feng’s concubine, but Jin Peipei rejected the offer and challenged that she would obtain what she wanted herself.

Lu Feng and his companions traveled to Beast Valley’s Martial Arts Arena, where Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue mistook his relationship with Jiang Ruoyun and worried over Ruo Shui. At the arena, Tang Yuan learned that his trial involved facing Beast Valley’s six generals, though Xiao Jiao'er hinted he might not have to fight them all at once.

• Xiao Jiao'er led Lu Feng and the others toward the distant Martial Arts Arena, while Tang Yuan waited for Hong Cang Zhenren.
• Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue saw Lu Feng with Jiang Ruoyun, misunderstood his relationship with Ruo Shui, and decided they should help their junior sister.
• Lu Feng rode with Jiang Ruoyun toward the arena and hoped Tang Yuan’s performance would help him approach Beast Valley’s Old Valley Master about his origins.
• Xiao Jiao'er showed the group the vast, fortified mountain ridge that served as Beast Valley’s Martial Arts Arena, where Zuo Fangming and five other generals awaited Tang Yuan.
• Xiao Jiao'er explained that Tang Yuan would face the six generals inside the arena, and Tang Yuan wondered how he could avoid fighting all six together.

Beast Valley set the rules for Tang Yuan’s six-opponent challenge, and Lu Feng secured him a recovery interval by confirming that each boundary wall would fall only after three incense sticks. After the six disciples chose their battlefields, Tang Yuan rode Xiao Jiao’er’s hawk toward the Jungle Battlefield instead of Zuo Fangming, leaving Xiao Jiao’er wondering whether he had seen through her grandfather’s plan.

• Xiao Jiao’er explained that Tang Yuan would face six Beast Valley Disciples in sequence as the terrain barriers disappeared, and Zuo Fangming said each disciple would wear an Azure Gang Mirror that Tang Yuan had to shatter to win.
• Lu Feng confirmed that each barrier would remain for three incense sticks, securing Tang Yuan time to recover between fights, while Zuo Fangming provoked Tang Yuan and claimed he would defeat him within one incense stick.
• Li Shixin, Wang Hulkui, Zhang Xiangyi, and You Zong introduced themselves and chose battlefields suited to their abilities; You Zong mentioned that he had not defeated Tang Yuan’s mother when she was young.
• Zhan Ziyuan introduced himself warmly, acknowledged Tang Yuan, and promised to go easy on him, prompting Xiao Jiao’er to object.
• Xiao Jiao’er summoned her Black Wind Iron Hawk to carry Tang Yuan into the arena, but he flew toward the Jungle Battlefield beside Zuo Fangming instead of challenging him first.
• Xiao Jiao’er realized Tang Yuan might have seen through her grandfather’s calculations and wondered why he had landed in the Jungle Battlefield.

Tang Yuan faced Li Shixin first in the six-opponent trial, aiming to defeat all six within the three incense sticks rather than conserve strength by starting with the weakest. After exchanging a powerful dragon-fist clash with Li Shixin, Tang Yuan confronted Li Shixin’s strongest attack, King’s Slash.

• Lu Feng explained that Tang Yuan had to defeat all six opponents and that starting with the lion, tiger, and elephant could prevent them from combining their strengths later.
• Lu Feng and Hong Cang Zhenren said Tang Yuan had gained several abilities through Beast Core comprehension, possibly including a new insight from eating twisted cruller snacks.
• Tang Yuan stopped probing and met Li Shixin’s Frenzied Lion Three Absolute Palms with a dragon-breath fist.
• Tang Yuan and Li Shixin’s collision tore through the surrounding trees, and the elders noted that Tang Yuan had adapted remarkably well to his fused Five Elements Beast Core.
• Li Shixin sprang back into the attack with golden hair and Fire Essence Qi, unleashing his powerful Lion Mane, King’s Slash.

Tang Yuan defeated Li Shixin by combining innate beast-core suppression with a surprise technique that made one punch unleash three dragon-shaped strikes. He entered the Rubble Battlefield to face Zuo Fangming, leaving spectators to wonder whether he had enough strength left for the next fight.

• Tang Yuan used the Black Dragon Core and Crimson Flame Python Core to suppress Li Shixin's slash and overpower him.
• Tang Yuan's Double Shadow Dragon Fist produced two additional strikes, shattered Li Shixin's Azure Gang Mirror, and knocked him flying.
• Jin Peipei identified the role of beast-core suppression, while Lu Feng explained that the Spirit Controlling Heavy Gold Luan enabled Tang Yuan's punch to draw on surrounding spiritual energy.
• After the incense burned out, Tang Yuan crossed into the Rubble Battlefield to challenge Zuo Fangming, while the Black Elephant remained in the Beach Battlefield.
• Xiao Jiao'er protested Tang Yuan's choice, and Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue doubted he could defeat Zuo Fangming after his exhausting fight with Li Shixin.

Tang Yuan fought Zuo Fangming in the Martial Arts Arena, using the Nine-Nine Returning Yin Staff to counter Zuo Fangming’s Serpent Staff techniques. The fight ended with both men sent flying, but Zuo Fangming discovered Tang Yuan’s wooden-colored staff had caused his meridians to stagnate.

• Tang Yuan chose a staff to fight Zuo Fangming, who mocked its ordinary appearance and attacked by striking stones at him with the Mingtian Staff.
• Zuo Fangming closed in with his slippery footwork and trapped Tang Yuan in a dense barrage of Staff Shadows.
• Tang Yuan used the Nine-Nine Returning Yin Staff to read Zuo Fangming’s attacks and break free of the encircling Staff Shadows.
• Zuo Fangming launched Flying Serpent Pierces Heart, but Tang Yuan saw through the feint and released his staff to send it flying into Zuo Fangming.
• Tang Yuan and Zuo Fangming struck each other and were both sent flying; Tang Yuan endured the damage, while Zuo Fangming found his chest meridians blocked and suspected Tang Yuan’s staff had caused it.

Tang Yuan defeated Zuo Fangming with his Zhaixin Long Staff, then used the Nine Revolutions Undying Art and Black Tortoise Core to recover at astonishing speed. After meditating for more than half an incense stick, he prepared to face the formidable Soaring Eagle, You Zong.

• Jin Peipei explained that Tang Yuan's staff was forged with Zhaixin Chan Wood, and Qiu Shuang and Chun Xue defended his weapon against Xiao Jiao'er’s criticism.
• Tang Yuan launched a swift staff assault, exploited Zuo Fangming's earlier injury, and shattered the Azure Gang Mirror over his heart to win the battle.
• Tang Yuan thanked Zuo Fangming for holding back, and Zuo Fangming urged him to meditate before his next fight.
• Tang Yuan drew spiritual energy from the surrounding forest and lake, astonishing Zuo Fangming, Soaring Eagle, and the onlookers with his recovery ability.
• Tang Yuan stopped meditating after more than half an incense stick to adapt to the gathered energy, while Jin Peipei privately resolved to kill Lu Feng after recalling her visit to his room.

Tang Yuan faced Soaring Eagle You Zong in the Lake Battlefield and concealed his true movement technique while exhausting him with repeated attacks. He used lightning and a sudden aerial leg strike to shatter You Zong’s Azure Gang Mirror, leaving the match won.

• Tang Yuan charged across the lake with heavy steps and repeatedly attacked You Zong with the Double Shadow Dragon Fist while pretending to weaken.
• Tang Yuan unleashed Thunder Hidden Dragon Travel, using restrained lightning to move swiftly across the water and catch You Zong off guard.
• Tang Yuan’s lightning-enhanced attacks and the mist they created trapped You Zong between fist forces and a lightning net.
• You Zong leaped into the air to evade Tang Yuan, but Tang Yuan followed with a burst of speed and struck him with Mountain Splitting Axe.
• Tang Yuan kicked You Zong back onto the lake and shattered the Azure Gang Mirror on his chest.

Tang Yuan defeated Soaring Eagle and chose Black Elephant Zhang Xiangyi as his next opponent, despite the crowd’s doubts about how he could break through Zhang’s formidable defense. Tang Xuan arrived to watch as Tang Yuan began fighting on the sandy battlefield, where Zhang’s control of qi and strength gave him a clear advantage.

• Tang Yuan’s concealed spiritual energy allowed him to defeat Soaring Eagle, but left him deeply weakened afterward.
• The Old Valley Master and Second Valley Master decided to summon Tang Yuan’s father, while Xiao Jiao’er and others questioned Tang Yuan’s choice of Black Elephant Zhang Xiangyi as his next opponent.
• Lu Feng and Hong Cang Zhenren explained that Tang Yuan’s Phantom Dragon’s Roar and Splitting Flame Palm were unlikely to overcome Zhang Xiangyi’s defenses.
• Tang Xuan arrived at the cliff after Beast Valley lifted his confinement, learned of Tang Yuan’s victories, and watched the battle with pride.
• Tang Yuan recognized that Zhang Xiangyi’s beach battlefield restricted movement techniques, then charged him with a full-powered Double Shadow Dragon Fist.
• Zhang Xiangyi dispersed Tang Yuan’s attack with a wave of spiritual energy, barely shifting his stance, and taunted him to draw out his potential.

Tang Yuan used repeated alternating attacks to make Zhang Xiangyi unconsciously strain his arm, but his attempt to exploit the resulting numbness and break Zhang Xiangyi's defense failed. After the boundary wall vanished, Tang Yuan's Azure Gang Mirror shattered, and a hidden soul attack struck Lei Hu, revealing that Tang Yuan had kept another move in reserve.

• Tang Yuan alternated Double Shadow Dragon Fist and Splitting Flame Palm attacks to condition Zhang Xiangyi into repeating the same defensive movements.
• Jin Peipei and Tang Xuan recognized that Tang Yuan was using the Bone Removal Technique to create an internal strain in Zhang Xiangyi's joints.
• Tang Yuan numbed Zhang Xiangyi's arm and attacked his opening, but Zhang Xiangyi repelled the strike with a Qi Wall.
• As the incense burned out, Tang Yuan tried a concentrated Splitting Flame Palm, but Zhang Xiangyi countered from multiple angles and the boundary wall vanished.
• Lei Hu rushed toward Zhang Xiangyi, but Zhang Xiangyi's Azure Gang Mirror shattered and a soul attack sent Lei Hu into an illusion before he recovered.
• Zhang Xiangyi and Lei Hu realized Tang Yuan had concealed a powerful soul attack and questioned whether the entire fight had been part of his calculations.

Tang Yuan defeated Black Elephant and Lei Hu, then faced Zhan Ziyuan, who asked him to use his secret art for a challenging fight. Tang Yuan secured Zhan Ziyuan’s valuable Essence Spirit Pill but saved it and took an ordinary pill instead, preparing to recover before the battle.

• Tang Yuan explained how he used the Splitting Flame Palm’s hidden Fire Essence Qi to shatter Black Elephant’s Azure Gang Mirror and defeat Lei Hu.
• Lei Hu demanded a rematch, but Black Elephant stopped him, while the spectators celebrated Tang Yuan’s victory and Lu Feng worried about Zhan Ziyuan.
• Tang Yuan recovered to seventy or eighty percent of his strength and entered the bamboo forest, where Zhan Ziyuan attacked him with thrown bamboo poles despite promising to go easy.
• Zhan Ziyuan explained that fighting barehanded was his concession and asked Tang Yuan to use his secret art so they could have a proper battle.
• Tang Yuan warned that his secret art might be hard to control, and Zhan Ziyuan encouraged him to fight without restraint.
• Tang Yuan asked for a recovery pill, accepted Zhan Ziyuan’s half-step Heaven-grade Essence Spirit Pill, then saved it and swallowed an ordinary Essence Spirit Pill instead.

Tang Yuan fought Zhan Ziyuan in a fierce duel and used Dragon Enters Nine Underworlds to push his speed to new heights. After opening eight meridians, Tang Yuan entered the Beast Cultivators’ Half-Beast Ferocity Transformation, astonishing Zhan Ziyuan and the spectators.

• Xiao Jiao'er wondered why Zhan Ziyuan had given Tang Yuan pills, and Jin Peipei suspected Zhan Ziyuan intended to teach him through a serious fight.
• After recovering, Tang Yuan activated Dragon Enters Nine Underworlds and attacked Zhan Ziyuan, who used bamboo and concealed movement to counter him.
• Tang Yuan opened seven meridians to match Zhan Ziyuan's speed and tried to trap him with redirected bamboo spears, but Zhan Ziyuan evaded and struck back.
• When Zhan Ziyuan's Yin Yang Cross Slash nearly hit him, Tang Yuan opened eight meridians, dodged the attack, and burst forward with Double Shadow Dragon Fist.
• Zhan Ziyuan realized Tang Yuan had entered Half-Beast Ferocity Transformation, while Tang Xuan watched his son with pride and tears.

Tang Yuan pushed his speed to its limit with Thunder Hidden Dragon Fury, finally landing a blow on Zhan Ziyuan and forcing him to fight with his daggers. The two remained evenly matched, while Lu Feng worried that Tang Yuan was losing control and Hong Cang Zhenren explained the source of Zhan Ziyuan’s unusual strength.

• Zhan Ziyuan used the Gui Smoke Domain to sense Tang Yuan’s attacks and evade his Double Shadow Dragon Fists, leaving Tang Yuan unable to land a hit.
• Lu Feng explained that Zhan Ziyuan’s invisible domain let him detect disturbances, while Hong Cang Zhenren confirmed how it worked.
• Tang Yuan unleashed Shimmering Steps’ second level, Thunder Hidden Dragon Fury, and struck Zhan Ziyuan with a burst of speed that overwhelmed his ability to react.
• Zhan Ziyuan drew his short daggers and fought Tang Yuan head-on as the pair exchanged rapid blows among the collapsing bamboo.
• Lu Feng recognized that Tang Yuan’s reverse-flowing energy was pushing him toward losing control, while Hong Cang Zhenren explained that Zhan Ziyuan’s refined Nine Heavens Cloud Mandarin Duck power made him exceptionally strong.

Tang Yuan and Zhan Ziyuan’s duel intensified as Tang Yuan revealed a new braided-together fist technique and wounded Zhan Ziyuan. Both continued fighting after the duel should have ended, while their companions worried about whether Shen Tu Jiangshan would intervene; he remained hidden nearby.

• Tang Yuan tricked Zhan Ziyuan into approaching the bamboo pile and struck him with a twisting Double Shadow Dragon Fist, knocking off his hair crown.
• Tang Yuan later unleashed the newly refined Braided Dough Twist Fist, which shattered Zhan Ziyuan’s Azure Gang Mirror and sent him flying with blood spilling from his mouth.
• Zhan Ziyuan flipped up and charged Tang Yuan again, ignoring the duel’s end, and Tang Yuan met his attack head-on.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan’s presence reassured the Beast Valley elders that he would keep the fight from causing harm, but Tang Xuan feared he might not protect Tang Yuan because of their old grudge.
• Xiao Jiao'er defended Shen Tu Jiangshan, saying he wanted the younger generation of Beast Valley to thrive.

Tang Yuan and Zhan Ziyuan fought until Zhan Ziyuan broke through to the fourth breath of the Heaven Soul Realm, prompting Shen Tu Jiangshan to stop the match and subdue them both. Beast Valley arranged for Tang Yuan’s next beast-taming trial to include Lu Feng as his helper, leaving Lu Feng to prepare for a challenge involving several outside forces.

• Zhan Ziyuan broke through to the fourth breath of the Heaven Soul Realm and began driving Tang Yuan back with his twin daggers.
• Shen Tu Jiangshan revealed his enormous form, stopped the fight, and subdued both Zhan Ziyuan and the half-beast-ferocious Tang Yuan.
• Soaring Eagle and the others tended to Tang Yuan and celebrated his skill, while Zhan Ziyuan lent him an azure robe and reminded Soaring Eagle of their promised fights.
• The Old Valley Masters told Tang Yuan that he could ask Lu Feng to help in the beast-taming trial, which would include experts from seven or eight invited forces.
• Tang Yuan explained that he had to place among the upper-middle ranks to pass, and Lu Feng considered whether he could use the Pao Xi Dragon Control Art without resorting to coercive methods.