Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuan recovered after refining Yi Huo Yang Dou's Beast Pill, though Lu Feng's Beast Powers remained as shackles that limited his strength. When an Earth Yang Fire Lizard attacked, Tang Yuan tested his new power and killed it with a devastating palm strike.

• Ye Fan used the remaining life energy from the lotus seeds to heal Tang Yuan after he adapted to his Soul Plate.
• Tang Yuan worried that Lu Feng's legs had been crippled again, but he found them unharmed after checking them himself.
• Tang Yuan explained that Lu Feng's Beast Powers remained like shackles on his Soul Plate, limiting him to roughly eighty or ninety percent of his strength.
• An Earth Yang Fire Lizard emerged from beneath the sand, and Tang Yuan went to fight it while Lu Feng and Ye Fan watched.
• Tang Yuan used Splitting Flame Palm to break the lizard's tail, then released a powerful attack that blasted it to death underground.

Tang Yuan began to understand that his powerful Lion Breath lacked a state of mind, while Lu Feng created an array to let Jiang Ruoyun and Miao Qiuyun cultivate in diluted Extreme Yang Qi. The group resumed its journey toward QuFu Mountain, but Lu Feng halted them at night after sensing killing intent.

• Tang Yuan asked Lu Feng about the flaw in his new move, and Lu Feng explained that it lacked a state of mind; Ye Fan suggested he draw on intense emotion to reach one.
• Lu Feng formed a Circling Plate Ring Array that diluted the Extreme Yang Qi, allowing Jiang Ruoyun and Miao Qiuyun to cultivate at different concentrations.
• Lu Feng and Ye Fan discussed returning to QuFu Mountain, checking the continent’s situation, and the progress of Man Zhongli and the others; Lu Feng also wondered how Zhao Yan was doing.
• Jiang Ruoyun absorbed most of the Extreme Yang Qi, while she and Miao Qiuyun made striking gains before the group resumed its journey on the Black Boat.
• Lu Feng stopped the group during the night after sensing killing intent nearby.

Lu Feng faced Hidden Blade, who had come on Jun Ziya’s orders to take his Soul Plate, and used their duel to study Hidden Blade’s Knife Intent. Hidden Blade unleashed a deadly moonlike attack, leaving Lu Feng and the watching group in grave danger.

• Hidden Blade appeared from concealment and told Lu Feng that he was his only target, prompting Lu Feng to accept the duel while the others stood back.
• Lu Feng and Hidden Blade exchanged attacks, and Lu Feng used the fight to study the Knife Intent Hidden Blade wielded through his empty sleeve.
• Hidden Blade burned his essence blood to raise his strength, while Jiang Ruoyun reassured the others that Lu Feng had not yet unlocked the Spirit Soul Array’s full power.
• Hidden Blade gathered momentum for a powerful attack, and Lu Feng lifted the restrictions on five arrays before defending against the dagger’s crescent-shaped wave of sand.
• Hidden Blade pursued the crescent attack with a hidden palm strike, and Jiang Ruoyun, Tang Yuan, and the others feared Lu Feng would not escape unharmed.

Lu Feng defeated Hidden Blade and discovered evidence that the assassin’s past killings could be blamed on the Luo Family, then finally encountered Cloud Eater while searching for Lan Tianyiqi. Cloud Eater demanded the origin power of the Five Types of Profound Qi to remove Lan Tianyiqi from its body, leaving Lu Feng alarmed and hostile.

• Lu Feng used his Sword Intent to reveal Hidden Blade’s concealed Chasing Stars attack and killed him before he could unleash Sun Piercing, but let his remnant soul drift away.
• Tang Yuan searched Hidden Blade’s Storage Ring and found the Three Forms of Plucking Sparrows, the Sky Covering Breath Concealing Divine Art, records of thirty-six killings, and a token linked to the Luo Family.
• Lu Feng took the Storage Ring, suspecting the token and letters could be used to frame the Luo Family and might help him confront Jun Ziya.
• Lu Feng sensed Cloud Eater and rushed to meet it, then asked where Lan Tianyiqi was.
• Cloud Eater demanded some of Lu Feng’s Five Types of Profound Qi origin power, explaining it needed the power to remove Lan Tianyiqi from its body.

Lu Feng gave the Cloud Eater the origin power needed to begin freeing Lan Tianyiqi, then found a Withered Sun Pill that he intended to save for Feng Sen. After recovering on the journey out of the Boundless Underworld Sea, Lu Feng and his companions reached Nan Gu Town and found it overrun by fierce beasts, leaving them surrounded and uncertain whether the chaos concealed a trap.

• The Cloud Eater explained that Lan Tianyiqi could eventually leave after his Beast Contract was dissolved, and Lu Feng promised to return for him once the restriction was lifted.
• Lu Feng gave the Cloud Eater a strand of Profound Qi origin, received recovery treasures in return, and found a Withered Sun Pill that Ye Fan identified; Lu Feng kept it for Feng Sen, who suffered from fire poison.
• Lu Feng and his companions traveled for two days and reached the border of the Boundless Underworld Sea after restoring most of his strength.
• The group found Floating Sand Snail Capital unusually quiet and discovered Nan Gu Town's open gates, bloodstained walls, and sounds of fighting within.
• Tang Yuan and Jiang Ruoyun helped the group break past the Night Shadow Sand Lizards, but inside they found human remains among gathered beasts and realized they were surrounded.
• Lu Feng hesitated to push farther, fearing the beasts had occupied the town or that Jun Ziya had arranged the chaos as a trap.

Lu Feng and his companions reached Nan Gu Town and learned that Jun Ziya’s forces had left after Miao Yongcai opened the city defenses, unleashing a beast calamity. Miao Qiuyun reunited with Miao Qiuping, and as the town prepared to strike back, he asked Ye Fan to help.

• Lu Feng’s group saw Uncle Fan defeat a powerful vulture beast and entered Nan Gu Town, where Lian Hesheng welcomed Miao Qiuyun and pleaded to recognize her unborn child as the Lian Clan’s heir.
• Lian Hesheng told Lu Feng and Miao Qiuyun that Jun Ziya’s forces had left and that Miao Yongcai had opened the city defenses after Miao Jinxiang died, causing the beast invasion before Miao Qiuping’s side killed him.
• Miao Qiuyun reunited tearfully with Miao Qiuping, who reassured her that the Miao Clan had survived and would recover.
• Miao Qiuping explained that Uncle Fan had killed the beast horde’s Beast King and asked Ye Fan to help drive the remaining beasts out of Nan Gu Town.

Ye Fan offered to help Nan Gu Town deal with the southeast Beast King in exchange for resources, while Lu Feng confronted Liu Aolong's Black Hawk Soul Hunter Squad after they tried to claim the bounty on his head. Lu Feng spared the squad after securing their help defending the town and asking them to investigate the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad and Shi Jingye.

• Miao Qiuping explained that two Beast Kings remained near Nan Gu Town, and Lian Hesheng described the Evil Eye Poison Spider's poisonous territory in the southeast.
• Ye Fan offered several ways to deal with the spider and said the method would depend on what resources Miao Qiuping could provide.
• Lu Feng found Liu Aolong and the Black Hawk Soul Hunter Squad trying to capture him for the bounty, then disarmed Liu Aolong with a single sword strike.
• Chen Xunliang begged Lu Feng for mercy, and Liu Aolong killed him before taking responsibility and pleading for his squad.
• Lu Feng required the Black Hawk Soul Hunter Squad to help defend Nan Gu Town and asked whether they knew the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad or Shi Jingye.
• Liu Aolong's group knew neither name, and Lu Feng left after agreeing not to pursue the matter.

Lu Feng reunited with Bai Li and demonstrated the One United Sword Art while rescuing Uncle Fan from a black-armored centipede. His display revealed the true meaning of One United Four Seasons to Bai Li, and Lu Feng also sensed a new insight beyond the Swordless Realm.

• Lu Feng found Bai Li in disguise, and Bai Li confirmed that the others were well.
• Lu Feng sensed Uncle Fan losing to a Beast King and hurried south with Bai Li to help.
• Lu Feng drove back the black-armored centipede with a basic One United horizontal strike, then took over the fight.
• Lu Feng used the Four Seasons sword intents and finished with One United Four Seasons, leaving the centipede near death.
• Bai Li realized the move fused all four sword intents into the One United Sword Art, while Lu Feng sensed a possible realm beyond the Swordless Realm.

Lu Feng arrived after Ye Fan and the others had quietly slain the third Beast King, then learned from Bai Li that the Night Feather Sword Master was suspected of falling and Jun Zi Mo had been driven mad after his sword heart was shattered. After questioning Bai Li about his allies and discovering Xue Zier had been designated a Liang Woman at Purple Cloud Mountain, Lu Feng resolved to investigate the front lines and save her from the fate awaiting her.

• Lu Feng reached Ye Fan's group and learned that Ye Fan, Miao Qiuping, and Jiang Ruoyun had worked together to kill the Poisonous Spider Beast King.
• Bai Li gave Lu Feng a report stating that the Night Feather Sword Master was gravely injured and suspected of falling, while Lu Feng wondered whether Qing Xue was truly dead or hiding her identity.
• Lu Feng learned that Jun Zi Mo's sword heart had been shattered by a Blood Clan Swordsman, leaving him mentally damaged and insane, and vowed to find out who was responsible.
• Bai Li reported that the Blood Clan remained on the western front without advancing, that the Silver Moon Demon Bear had gone with Lu Feng's senior brother to Clear River Sect, and that Ning Xiang had refused the Qiong Ridge Six Oddities' offer of treatment.
• Bai Li told Lu Feng that Xue Zier had been designated a Liang Woman at Purple Cloud Mountain, and Lu Feng resolved to stop her sacrifice and settle accounts with Limitless Sect over the Paradise Hundred-Day Powder.

Lu Feng and his companions delivered Ku Chensha’s inheritance to his designated disciple, You Xi Guma, after finding him bullied and protecting money meant for his mother’s treatment. When they returned to the sand slope, Ye Fan had disappeared.

• Lu Feng decided to visit the Battle Sect first, then make a detour to the Purple Cloud Mountain and the Limitless Sect, while Ye Fan, Tang Yuan, and Jiang Ruoyun insisted on accompanying him to the Limitless Sect.
• After helping stabilize Nan Gu Town, Lu Feng’s group left and discussed Miao Qiuyun’s unborn child and the town’s likely future.
• Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Jiang Ruoyun entered a nearby tribe to find You Xi Guma, where they discovered him being beaten by younger children.
• You Xi Guma explained that he had taken back money stolen from him and revealed it was his mother’s last money for medical treatment.
• Lu Feng gave You Xi Guma the storage artifact containing Ku Chensha’s inheritance, and You Xi Guma asked whether his master was dead.
• When Lu Feng’s group returned to the sand slope, they found Ye Fan had vanished.

Ye Fan destroyed Ku Chensha’s remnant soul and left its Soul Power sealed within You Xi Guma, while Lu Feng’s group hurried toward Purple Cloud Mountain. Xue Zier was being sent to Spring Containing Hollow, but Lu Feng and his companions arrived just as she was taken away, leaving Purple Cloud Mountain’s leaders to consider whether to join them against the Limitless Sect.

• Ye Fan seized Ku Chensha’s Storage Ring, destroyed his remnant soul, and sealed its Soul Power within You Xi Guma for him to absorb as he grew stronger.
• Ye Fan told Lu Feng he had acted to keep Ku Chensha from leading You Xi Guma astray, and Lu Feng accepted his decision.
• Xue Zier despaired as Purple Cloud Mountain’s leaders learned the Three-Finger Old Devil had ordered her taken to Spring Containing Hollow, and she secretly prepared poison for her sacrifice.
• Xue Zier left Purple Cloud Mountain at sunrise with her cultivation sealed and walked toward Spring Containing Hollow in bridal attire.
• Lu Feng and his group reached Purple Cloud Mountain, learned Xue Zier had already departed, and rushed after her.
• Mountain Masters Xiao, Qin, and Zhuo considered whether to side with Lu Feng’s group and challenge the Limitless Sect after the Three-Finger Old Devil’s expected death.

Xue Zier discovered that the Three-Finger Old Devil had prepared her as the ritual head for the Hundred Women Spring Restoration Art, but Lu Feng arrived before he could begin. Rui Ying trapped Lu Feng outside the Heavenly Guarding Array, leaving him to find another way to rescue Xue Zier.

• Xue Zier was brought into Spring Containing Hollow and realized she and ninety-nine other women were to be used in the Hundred Women Spring Restoration Art.
• Rui Ying displayed two dead women, forced Xue Zier to her knees, and tore apart her red garments as he prepared to torment her.
• Lu Feng arrived after the two guards were killed and struck Rui Ying with the Buddha's Wrath Sword, forcing him to retreat.
• Rui Ying activated the Heavenly Guarding Array around the pavilion and taunted Lu Feng from within it.
• Lu Feng failed to damage the array and focused on finding a way to rescue Xue Zier, while recognizing he could not recreate his earlier swordsmanship insight.

Lu Feng studied the Heavenly Guarding Array while Three-Finger Old Devil drained the bound women to power the Hundred Women Spring Restoration Art. Lu Feng, Ye Fan, and Tang Yuan weakened the array together, and Jiang Ruoyun struck its exposed weak point as Three-Finger Old Devil realized their plan.

• Lu Feng tested the Heavenly Guarding Array with the Blazing Sun Thirty-Six Swords, then studied its ripples to find a way through its defenses.
• Three-Finger Old Devil began draining the bound women and exposed Xue Zier, while a Saintess of the Heavenly Dance Sect called on Lu Feng to save her and offered to marry him.
• Lu Feng attacked the array repeatedly until he found a weakness, then directed Ye Fan and Tang Yuan to take positions at its southeast and southwest corners.
• Lu Feng, Ye Fan, and Tang Yuan struck together and cracked the array, but Three-Finger Old Devil disrupted their attack by forcing several women toward it.
• As Three-Finger Old Devil moved toward Xue Zier, Jiang Ruoyun attacked the array's weakest point with the Immortal Silk Five-Petal Brocade, catching him by surprise.

Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Ye Fan broke the Heavenly Guarding Array and defeated the Three-Finger Old Devil, rescuing Xue Zier and the other women. Ying Luo arrived and demanded Jiang Ruoyun and the women remain, but Lu Feng attacked him with a terrifying sword strike.

• Jiang Ruoyun's whip weakened the Heavenly Guarding Array, and Lu Feng broke through it to drive the Three-Finger Old Devil away from Xue Zier.
• Tang Yuan broke the Three-Finger Old Devil's fingers with his Braided Dough Twist Fist, and Lu Feng struck him with Extreme Yang Qi as Ye Fan provided cover.
• Ye Fan suggested testing the Paradise Hundred-Day Powder on the defeated Three-Finger Old Devil, but Ying Luo arrived and freed him from Lu Feng's pressure.
• Ying Luo coveted Jiang Ruoyun and offered to let Lu Feng take the Liang Woman of Purple Cloud Mountain if everyone else, including Jiang Ruoyun, stayed behind.
• Lu Feng ignored Ying Luo's threat against the Liang Woman and swung his sword, sending a terrifying Sword Light toward him.

Lu Feng and his allies defeated the Limitless Sect’s Three-Finger Old Devil, but Ying Luo escaped after trying to seize the corpse. Ye Fan revealed the weakness in the sect’s cultivation art, while the surviving women vowed to seek justice for their dead companions.

• Lu Feng overpowered Ying Luo, and Ye Fan captured Three-Finger Old Devil after the Extreme Yang Qi disrupted the old devil’s cultivation.
• Lu Feng declared that Three-Finger Old Devil would die for trying to violate his woman, then killed him as Ying Luo watched.
• Ying Luo attempted to abduct Jiang Ruoyun, but her Immortal Silk Five-Petal Brocade stopped him long enough for Lu Feng to drive him back.
• Ying Luo seized Three-Finger Old Devil’s corpse, but Lu Feng’s Emperor Arrow tracked the corpse and destroyed it; Ye Fan retrieved a silver object while Ying Luo fled.
• The surviving women mourned their dead companions and vowed to demand answers from the Limitless Sect, while Ye Fan explained that its Yin-Yang Harmony Art depended on women’s yin essence and made its practitioners fear the cold.

After discovering the Limitless Sect’s record of abused women, Lu Feng planned to use the evidence to pressure the sect before destroying it. Meanwhile, Jun Ziya plotted to lure Lu Feng to Profound Gold City through Jun Zi Mo’s injuries, and Lu Feng arrived at the Battle Sect with his companions.

• Ye Fan, Lu Feng, and Tang Yuan found the Joy Record in Joy Pavilion and resolved to expose the Limitless Sect’s crimes before attacking it.
• Ying Luo told Hunchback Old Ghost that Lu Feng had killed Three-Finger Old Devil, broken the Heavenly Guarding Array, and threatened to destroy the Limitless Sect.
• Ying Luo decided to investigate whether the Jun Family or Qin Family supported the Azure Mountain Sword Sect before seeking revenge.
• Sui Feng reported Lu Feng’s journey to Jun Ziya, who planned to use Jun Zi Mo’s injuries to draw Lu Feng to the Jun Family Villa.
• Lu Feng and his group reached the Battle Sect’s mountain gate, where he sent Ye Fan and Tang Yuan ahead while he stayed with Chu Yunjing.

Lu Feng and his companions reached the Battle Sect after Tang Yuan and Ye Fan endured its fully activated Mount Might Array. Lu Feng learned that Shao Yang had joined the sect and that Chu was away at the front, while an unexpected visitor discovered signs that an outsider had forced the array open.

• Lu Feng intensified the Mount Might Array as Tang Yuan and Ye Fan climbed the central path, while Jiang Ruoyun trained against the lighter pressure on the side path.
• Li Mubai and the Battle Sect disciples learned that Tang Yuan and Ye Fan had crossed the central path, then recognized Lu Feng as a sworn brother of the Battle Son.
• Lu Feng asked about Chu and the front lines, then learned that Chu was away, a returning elder remained unconscious, and Shao Yang had joined the sect.
• Li Mubai invited Lu Feng's group into the sect and mentioned Shao Yang's upcoming match, while the disciples followed with battle auras circulating around them.
• A mustached middle-aged man carrying snacks climbed the staircase, stumbled under the array's gravity, and realized an outsider's aura remained in the forcibly activated array.

Third Elder Chu Santong arrived after Lu Feng had defeated Li Mubai and the other Battle Sect disciples in one move, then welcomed Lu warmly and gave him his favorite cakes. Chu Santong tested Lu’s fighting spirit, and the two reached a tense deadlock, with Lu recognizing that Chu Santong still had the advantage.

• Chu Santong and Hu Jinming reached the sparring ground and learned that Lu Feng had defeated Li Mubai and the other disciples in one move.
• Chu Santong found Li Mubai’s group praising Lu Feng and heard them compare Lu’s strength with Chu Yunjing’s.
• Chu Santong greeted Lu Feng, gave him Peach Blossom Cakes, and reminisced about their time together.
• Chu Santong scolded Li Mubai’s group and challenged Lu to exchange a move, but Lu declined out of concern for Chu Santong’s old injury.
• Chu Santong released his fighting spirit, and Lu Feng met it with his own until they reached a tense deadlock.

Lu Feng discovered a transcendent way to wield fighting intent by fighting without wanting to lose, and earned Chu Santong’s approval. He learned that Shao Yang had joined the Battle Sect, won over his fellow disciples, and would compete the next day for a place in the new Chief Disciple selection.

• Chu Santong pushed Lu Feng to find his own reason for fighting, and Lu Feng realized he simply did not want to lose and used his fighting intent to turn aside Chu Santong’s attack.
• Chu Santong withdrew and praised Lu Feng’s achievement, while the onlookers marveled at his newly commanding bearing.
• Li Mubai and the others told Lu Feng that Shao Yang had visited the Weapon Sect for seven days and had been admitted directly as a formal disciple.
• Li Mubai explained that Shao Yang had defeated three challengers, won the respect of his fellow disciples, and become a Battle Team leader.
• Lu Feng learned that Shao Yang would compete the next day for one of eight places in the contest to choose the new Chief Disciple, and decided not to distract him before the match.

Lu Feng and his companions watched Shao Yang arrive at the Battle Sect’s arena with greatly refined Five Elements Qi, though his realm had barely changed. Before the matches began, Shao Yang clashed with Chen Yuanqing’s group and revealed concealed killing intent, leaving Ji Lingchen suspicious of the cause.

• Li Mubai and his disciples challenged Lu Feng’s companions again, but Ye Fan, Tang Yuan, and Jiang Ruoyun defeated them and earned their respect.
• Lu Feng’s group went with Li Mubai to Martial Arts Arena Number Seven, where they learned Shao Yang had been in seclusion and might miss his match.
• Ji Lingchen arrived to acclaim as the generation’s strongest contender for Chief Disciple, while Shao Yang quietly joined Battle Team Number 18.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan recognized that Shao Yang’s Five Elements Qi had improved considerably despite his unchanged Earth Soul Realm Early Stage cultivation.
• Shao Yang argued with Chen Yuanqing’s neighboring Battle Team Number 19, and Ji Lingchen ordered them to stop before the match began.
• After the drums sounded, Shao Yang warned Chen Yuanqing to wait, and Ji Lingchen sensed killing intent in his battle aura.