Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Ruoyun deliberately severed the Mandarin Duck Union Array, Lu Feng chose to stop pursuing her and traveled toward Vine Abyss Forest with Tang Yuan and Xia Yiyun. Meanwhile, Yin Feiqiao sought revenge under Jin Guan Chang Hen’s command, and Jun Ziya resolved to grow stronger after learning how swiftly Jun Zi Shuo had defeated her test.

• Lu Feng recognized that Jiang Ruoyun had intentionally broken their array and decided to wait rather than press her for answers, then set out for Vine Abyss Forest with Tang Yuan and Xia Yiyun.
• Tang Yuan encouraged Xia Yiyun to consider a new relationship, leaving her questioning her feelings for Lu Feng.
• Tang Yuan gave Lu Feng a Storage Ring taken from Xia Yiyun’s abductor, and Lu Feng gave its treasures to Xia Yiyun to compensate Azure Cloud Stream for its losses.
• Jin Guan Chang Hen refused Yin Feiqiao’s request to attack Lu Feng immediately, ordering him to wait before seeking revenge.
• Jun Ziya learned that Jun Zi Shuo had swiftly defeated Jun Ziqian and his guard, and resolved to improve her strength.

Jun Ziya postponed her plan to capture Lu Feng after learning of the Titan Giant Tree and Jiang Ruoyun’s suspected demonic cultivation. Meanwhile, Si Kongtong recovered with her child but kept her survival from Jiang Ruoyun and Lu Feng, and Lu Feng’s group reached the outskirts of Vine Abyss Forest.

• Jun Ziya ordered Flame Sparrow to delay the plan against Lu Feng and investigate the Titan Giant Tree, while instructing her Shadow Guard to gather proof of Jiang Ruoyun’s alleged demonic cultivation.
• Si Kongtong emerged from the array alive with her child, and Wu Ying and Ge Rong learned that Jiang Ruoyun had apparently saved her from Gold Armor’s final attack.
• Si Kongtong questioned whether Jiang Ruoyun’s aura was Blood Clan Blood Qi rather than Demonic Qi, then chose not to confirm or deny the allegation.
• Si Kongtong asked Wu Ying not to tell Lu Feng that she and her child were safe, or tell Jiang Ruoyun about her recovery, partly hoping Jiang Ruoyun would leave Lu Feng.
• Lu Feng and his group arrived near Vine Abyss Forest, where Tang Yuan warned them about local Soul Hunter territories and distributed beast masks as disguises.

Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Xia Yiyun disguised themselves as Soul Hunters and entered Vine Abyss Forest through a Cocoon Building, hoping to draw out the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad. An information broker named Wang Bafang pointed them toward Liu Aolong, but Lu Feng challenged his claim, and Wang Bafang admitted he did not know anything about the squad.

• Tang Yuan handed out masks given to him by Senior Brother Zhan, and Lu Feng warned Xia Yiyun not to wear a Black Fox mask because of the local Black Fox Soul Hunter Group.
• Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, and Xia Yiyun chose conspicuous disguises and planned to pose as the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad so the real group would come to them; Tang Yuan brought out the flag entrusted by Senior Shi Jingye.
• Lu Feng led the group to a familiar entrance to Vine Abyss Forest, where he explained that the large building was a Cocoon Building used by Soul Hunters to find missions and receive news.
• Inside the Cocoon Building, Wang Bafang approached the group and offered information for a fee; Lu Feng paid him three hundred Gold Soul Coins to ask about the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad.
• Wang Bafang directed them to the Black Hawk Soul Hunter Squad and its leader, Liu Aolong, but Lu Feng said Aolong did not know about the matter, prompting Wang Bafang to return the money and admit he had no information.

Tang Yuan and his companions witnessed Dong Yuqiang of the Black Fox Soul Hunter Group brutalize Wang Bafang to learn where Lin Xuxu had gone. Lin Xuxu rescued Wang Bafang and Guo Enshu with a diversion, but the Black Fox group caught them outside the Cocoon Building and surrounded them.

• Wang Bafang told Tang Yuan about the Dragon Abyss Soul Hunter Squad and the other leading groups before Dong Yuqiang and the Black Fox Soul Hunters arrived.
• Dong Yuqiang accused Wang Bafang of misleading his group, forced him to choose between killing Guo Enshu and revealing Lin Xuxu's whereabouts, then beat him when he refused.
• Lin Xuxu appeared and offered herself in exchange for Wang Bafang and Guo Enshu, but Dong Yuqiang demanded her loyalty and the movement technique she had inherited from her father.
• Lin Xuxu used ordinary flour to create a dust cloud, freed Guo Enshu, and tried to escape with him and Wang Bafang, but Hao Ran wounded her and the Black Fox Soul Hunters surrounded them.
• Dong Yuqiang mocked Lin Xuxu as she prepared to take her own life rather than let him capture her.

Xia Yiyun used an illusion array and her Bewitching Heart Eyes to defeat Dong Yuqiang and drive off the Black Fox Soul Hunter Group. As Lu Feng traveled with Wang Bafang and the others toward the Dragon Abyss Soul Hunter Squad's encampment, Guo Enshu sensed that they were being followed.

• Xia Yiyun stepped forward to defend Lin Xuxu and deployed the Illusion Sea Bewitching Heart Array while Lin Xuxu helped prevent the Black Fox Soul Hunters from interrupting her.
• Xia Yiyun confused Dong Yuqiang with illusions, struck him with her Bewitching Heart Eyes, and sent him flying with an array-powered palm strike.
• Xia Yiyun named the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad, prompting Dong Yuqiang to abandon his planned counterattack and lead his group away.
• Lu Feng agreed to travel with Wang Bafang and the others toward the Dragon Abyss Soul Hunter Squad's encampment, and Xia Yiyun explained that rare materials had strengthened her array.
• Lu Feng asked Lin Xuxu whether she knew of anyone else using the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad name, and she denied knowing anyone.
• Guo Enshu sensed concealed auras following the group and warned that they were being pursued.

Lu Feng led Lin Xuxu and the others toward Wisteria Wood Forest, where he expected Lord Hammer Nine to be, while they sought protection from the Black Fox Soul Hunter Group. At Black Fox, Xi'er ordered a series of covert moves to investigate the group and prevent them from reaching Dragon Abyss safely.

• Lin Xuxu and her companions discussed Dragon Abyss's recruitment missions, and Wang Bafang said Lord Hammer Nine was overseeing the Shadow Demon Spider hunt.
• Lu Feng insisted they head for Wisteria Wood Forest, and Guo Enshu, Lin Xuxu, and the others followed despite doubting his guess about Lord Hammer Nine.
• Xi'er ordered Dong Yuqiang to identify the three strangers and determine whether they belonged to the returned remnants of the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad.
• Xi'er assigned Fire Lord and Uncle Fatty Gu to accompany Dong Yuqiang, then secretly sent Purple Gold Hook and King Yama's Chain to follow them.
• Xi'er told Grandfather Zhu to use Dong Yuqiang's shield to frame Guo Enshu and provoke the Black Hawk Soul Hunter Squad, while anticipating that the pursued group would seek help from Dragon Abyss.

Lu Feng's group stumbled into a confrontation involving the Du'e Three Brothers and the Black Hawk Soul Hunter Squad, while a hidden plot around Lin Xuxu's group unraveled into a chaotic melee. The Green Wood Staff Old Man realized that the Idiot Pig Mask had disrupted his Young Miss's plan, leaving her to lose their first meaningful clash.

• Lu Feng's group discovered the Du'e Three Brothers beside a dead woman, and Wang Bafang explained that they preyed on Soul Hunters using beast attacks and lust poison.
• The Du'e Three Brothers pursued Lu Feng's group after recognizing Wang Bafang and deciding to target the women among them.
• The Black Hawk Soul Hunter Squad found several members dead beneath a boulder and discovered that they had been poisoned with Tendon Softening Powder.
• Guo Enshu recognized his Vajra Shield among the Black Hawk group, and he and Lin Xuxu fled when the squad attacked them.
• Lu Feng led the fleeing group toward the pursuing Du'e Three Brothers, and Xia Yiyun raised a mist array as the groups clashed in the forest.
• The Green Wood Staff Old Man watched the melee and concluded that the Idiot Pig Mask had disrupted his Young Miss's plan.

Lan Lingxi recognized that the masked group had turned her scheme against her, while Lu Feng’s companions were cornered by Black Fox assassins. Tang Yuan revealed formidable power by shattering Pang Zheng’s drum, but his true strength remained unclear.

• Lan Lingxi praised the masked man for diverting the Black Hawk pursuers and suspected that Purple Gold Hook and King Yama's Chain would attack the group, risking exposure of Black Fox’s past role in the Flying Dragon Group’s collapse.
• Lu Feng and his companions escaped the forest, realized Black Fox had framed Guo Enshu with the Vajra Shield, and debated seeking help from Liu Aolong or Hammer Nine.
• Dong Yuqiang arrived with Purple Gold Hook, King Yama's Chain, Duan Jiuyang, and Pang Zheng, who trapped the group with flames and a heart-stirring drumbeat.
• Tang Yuan unleashed a roar that tore open Pang Zheng’s drum and forced him back, startling the Black Fox hunters and revealing that Tang Yuan possessed at least Heaven Soul Realm-level combat power.
• Lin Xuxu questioned why Tang Yuan had fled with them, and his display made her wonder whether the even more mysterious Idiot Pig was similarly powerful.

Lu Feng and Tang Yuan encountered Liu Aolong’s Black Hawk group, uncovered a misunderstanding over Guo Enshu’s shield, and learned that their companions were the surviving members of the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad. After Shi Jingye reunited with his son Shi Xiaojiang, he explained how the Flying Dragon Group had been attacked and scattered, but his incomplete memories left the cultivation method’s fate unknown.

• Liu Aolong arrived with Black Hawk reinforcements, drove off Purple Gold Hook, and threatened Guo Enshu over the deaths of his men.
• Lu Feng revealed that he was Su Chen, and Han Fengao recognized him and ordered Liu Aolong to release Wu Zilong and Shi Xiaojiang after learning Black Fox had stolen Guo Enshu’s shield and killed the Black Hawk members.
• Lu Feng and Tang Yuan realized Wu Zilong, Shi Xiaojiang, Lin Xuxu, and Guo Enshu were the Flying Dragon Soul Hunter Squad, then confirmed Shi Xiaojiang was Shi Jingye’s son using his childhood name, Jiu Er.
• Tang Yuan brought out Shi Jingye’s remnant soul and the Flying Dragon Banner, and Shi Jingye reunited emotionally with Shi Xiaojiang and the other survivors.
• Shi Jingye recalled that a powerful cultivation method had attracted Soul Hunter Squads, that the Flying Dragon Group’s base was ambushed, and that its survivors left seeking strength and revenge; Lin Xuxu asked whether the attackers had taken the method.

Lin Xuxu revealed that the masked stranger had borrowed the Dragon-Patterned Jade Pendant, which held the Eternal Startled Dragon Step, and the group suspected he was tied to the disaster that destroyed Flying Dragon. They traced the pendant’s origins to Vine Abyss Forest and concluded the stranger might be hiding near its abyss or belong to the Dragon Abyss Soul Hunter Squad.

• Shi Jingye explained that the Dragon-Patterned Jade Pendant held a peerless cultivation method entrusted to Lin Xuxu, and Lin confessed she had lost it before someone returned it and later borrowed it away.
• Lin Xuxu revealed that a masked stranger had secretly taught her movement techniques, and the group suspected he knew about the pendant and the Eternal Startled Dragon Step.
• Shi Jingye remembered that Flying Dragon had suffered disaster after someone witnessed the Eternal Startled Dragon Step, while Lin connected Dong Yuqiang’s pursuit to the technique she had practiced.
• Wu Zilong and the others suspected the masked stranger had acted after learning that people were asking about Flying Dragon, and Lin described his disguise, strength, and a Storage Ring mark on his little finger.
• Shi Jingye said the pendant had been found in a dying Fierce-Eyed Water Wolf’s jaws near Vine Abyss Forest’s abyss, and Wu Zilong proposed that the abyss’s aura might be needed to access its cultivation method.
• The group concluded that the masked stranger might be hiding near the abyss and could belong to the Dragon Abyss Soul Hunter Squad.

After Shi Jingye’s lingering soul vanished, Lu Feng and Tang Yuan continued toward Wisteria Wood Forest with Shi Xiaojiang and their companions, unaware of Han Fengao’s suspicions about Lu Feng’s identity. Near Dragon Abyss, a masked group claiming to test recruits attacked them, and Tang Yuan stunned everyone by catching their Wisteria Wood Fruit Kernels barehanded.

• Shi Jingye asked Lu Feng and Tang Yuan to help his sons, then disappeared after Shi Xiaojiang briefly experienced his father’s affection.
• Liu Aolong warned his squad about Wu Zilong’s strength, while Han Fengao reasoned that Lu Feng might be the true Night Feather Sword Master and anticipated the upcoming Sword Selection Ceremony.
• Lu Feng and the others decided to seek Dragon Abyss’s protection and investigate the strange man as they traveled toward Wisteria Wood Forest.
• A masked five-person group stopped the party and demanded that each person endure their formation for half an incense stick, prompting Wu Zilong and Wang Bafang to suspect the group was not from Dragon Abyss.
• The masked woman attacked with Wisteria Wood Fruit Kernel nails, and Tang Yuan caught them with his bare hand without being injured, leaving both sides astonished.

Lu Feng and his companions encountered Dragon Abyss members obstructing the recruitment assessment and learned they were trying to keep Old Wood from leaving. After Qiu Bisheng’s disciple took charge of the forest, Lu Feng decided to confront him to find out what had happened to the Ninth Master.

• A burly member of a five-person team challenged Tang Yuan, but Bian Tianya appeared, exposed the team’s connection to Dragon Abyss, and introduced himself as the Carefree Dual Blades.
• Wang Bafang told Bian Tianya about his growing reputation, then revealed that Lu Feng and Tang Yuan had helped bring down the Du'e Three Brothers.
• Lu Feng overheard Zhao Thirteen and Qu Qiqi’s group discussing their effort to keep Old Wood from leaving Dragon Abyss, and realized their obstruction was meant to help him.
• Luo Xiu arrived and announced that his master, Qiu Bisheng, had ordered him to oversee Wisteria Wood Forest and the recruitment assessment; Qu Qiqi angrily defended the Ninth Master’s position.
• Wang Bafang identified Luo Xiu as Qiu Bisheng’s disciple, and Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, Bian Tianya, and Wu Zilong prepared to confront him.

Lu Feng and Bian Tianya clashed over Lu Feng’s motives, while Bian Tianya explained his departure from the Light Feather Sect. When Xue Tao manipulated an assessment dispute and smeared Lord Hammer Nine, Lu Feng intervened, seized Xue Tao, and demanded to know where Lord Hammer Nine was.

• Bian Tianya recognized Tang Yuan’s identity and questioned him about his Nine Revolutions Undying Art, then warned Lu Feng not to use Tang Yuan to provoke Dragon Abyss.
• Tang Yuan defended his friendship with Lu Feng, and Bian Tianya explained that he had left the Light Feather Sect to roam as a Rogue Cultivator.
• Lu Feng’s group found Xue Tao overseeing a dispute between two squads over a Ghost Shadow Leopard’s severed tail, while Xue Tao claimed Lord Hammer Nine had left.
• One squad leader revealed that he and Lord Hammer Nine had drunk together and claimed the other squad could never have passed, prompting Lu Feng to suspect Xue Tao was rigging the assessment and slandering Lord Hammer Nine.
• Lu Feng rushed through the Black-Clothed Guards, seized Xue Tao’s sword, knocked him down, and demanded Lord Hammer Nine’s whereabouts.
• Bian Tianya recognized Lu Feng’s strength and realized he had wrongly judged Lu Feng’s intentions.

Lu Feng searched Xue Tao’s soul and uncovered a scheme to smear Lord Hammer Nine, then set out with Tang Yuan and the others for Black Mist Forest to help Old Wood. The group followed at a measured pace, while Lu Feng kept the details of Xue Tao’s memories to himself as Bian Tianya asked what he had discovered.

• Lu Feng dislocated Xue Tao’s wrists, learned that Lord Hammer Nine had gone to Black Mist Forest to aid Flame Hand Yama, and stopped Xue Tao’s attempted silver-needle attack by dislocating his jaw.
• Lu Feng used the Soul Searching Technique on Xue Tao while Tang Yuan blocked the Black-Clothed Guards and killed their leader when he attacked.
• Lu Feng learned that Xue Tao’s group had acted to smear Lord Hammer Nine, and Bian Tianya and the saber-wielding squad killed the squad that had tried to flee.
• Tang Yuan left for Black Mist Forest, warning Wu Zilong and the others to remain at the assessment site, while Bian Tianya, Lin Xuxu, and Wu Zilong followed.
• Lu Feng slowed his pace to conserve strength for the dangers ahead, and Bian Tianya asked what he had found in Xue Tao’s memories.

Lu Feng’s group pressed toward Black Mist Forest while uncovering Qiu Bisheng’s plot to lure Lord Hammer Nine there. After meeting Qu Qiqi’s injured squad and identifying the array behind their beast attack, Lu Feng prepared to test a new way of dealing with the forest’s beasts.

• Lu Feng told Tang Yuan that Qiu Bisheng had laid deadly traps for Lord Hammer Nine and lured him toward Black Mist Forest after his scheme went awry; the group used Citrus Leaf Powder to ward off spiders as they continued.
• At the Dragon Abyss Soul Hunter Squad’s base, Sister Huang recognized the Dragon Capturing Bone Removal Technique on Xue Tao and hurried to bring him to the largest building, while Xue Tao feared she would expose his master’s plot.
• As the group fought increasingly strong beasts, Bian Tianya dealt with a giant centipede, then Lu Feng recognized Qu Qiqi and her injured squad, including Zhao Thirteen, ahead on the trail.
• Lu Feng inferred that a Coiled Round Illusion Array had released the beast tide that injured Zhao Thirteen, and he revealed that he had soul-searched Xue Tao and learned Lord Hammer Nine had been lured to the forest.
• When a Red-Eyed Black Lizard appeared, Lu Feng stopped Tang Yuan and Zhao Thirteen from fighting it and drew a strange longsword to try a new method against the beasts.

Lu Feng used the savage aura of Beast Bone Swords to frighten vicious beasts and led the group through their territory. When a Bloodsoaked Silver Tiger blocked the valley, he drove it off with a bloody new variation of his Dragon Tiger Sword Intent, though its effects left Bian Tianya and Qu Qiqi vomiting.

• Lu Feng threw Beast Bone Swords at Red-Eyed Black Lizards, frightening them away and helping the group cross their territory without slowing down.
• Zhao Thirteen warned that a powerful beast likely ruled the valley ahead, and the group found a Bloodsoaked Silver Tiger blocking their path.
• Lu Feng stepped forward alone and threw two Beast Bone Swords, unleashing an intensified savage aura that made the Bloodsoaked Silver Tiger flee.
• Bian Tianya picked up one of Lu Feng's swords and vomited after experiencing its horrifying Sword Intent, and Qu Qiqi reacted the same way.
• Lu Feng explained that his Sword Intent was derived from Dragon Tiger Sword Intent and revealed its bloody direction: Dragon Tiger Lament, Myriad Beasts Perish.

Lu Feng led the group into Black Mist Forest while they searched for Old Wood and Ninth Master, guiding them around dangerous spider territories. After Qu Qiqi nearly triggered a venomous spider’s attack, Lu Feng saved her with a gentle yet devastating display of Sword Intent, leaving the others stunned.

• Bian Tianya and Qu Qiqi grew suspicious of Lu Feng after witnessing his fierce Sword Intent, and the group reached the border of Black Mist Forest.
• Wu Zilong recalled losing a friend to Fragrant Diamond Spiders and asked to take the safer right-hand route; Lu Feng agreed and led the group into the forest.
• The group encountered a corpse and learned from Qu Qiqi how Big Belly Jumping Spiders killed prey with venom, while Bian Tianya used Citrus Leaf Powder to drive them away.
• Tang Yuan found a fresh mark from Judge's Heart Piercing Spear, and Qu Qiqi recognized it as a sign that Judge had traveled the same route.
• A Big Belly Jumping Spider leaped at Qu Qiqi, but Lu Feng swept it away with a soft gust that smashed it apart, astonishing Qu Qiqi, Bian Tianya, and the others.

Lu Feng and his companions followed the traps and clues through the Black Mist Forest, hoping to find Old Wood and Judge. They found Old Wood restrained in an array among hostile Soul Hunters, with a bloody hole in his chest, and the scarred leader demanded an explanation for the deaths of his men.

• Lu Feng and the others found more Big Belly Jumping Spiders hidden in the trees, suggesting someone had taken Judge’s Heart Piercing Spear and was setting traps to hinder their search.
• The group discovered a recently killed Shadow Demon Spider and reasoned that a witness to its hunt might lead them to Old Wood and Judge.
• Lu Feng, Tang Yuan, Bian Tianya, and the others followed a voice calling itself Lord Hammer Nine into an array after its leader claimed Old Wood was trapped inside.
• Lu Feng saw Old Wood bound and bloodless, with a bloody hole in his chest, while the scarred leader accused him of killing several Soul Hunters and demanded an explanation.

Lu Feng reunited with Xiong Lei and persuaded the Soul Hunters to reconsider their accusation that Lord Hammer Nine had killed Xiong Lei’s brother. When they discovered Lord Hammer Nine was trapped beside Teng Flood Dragon King Snake eggs, Lu Feng realized that rescuing him would risk provoking the deadly mother snake, leaving everyone in an apparent deadlock.

• Xiong Lei accused Lord Hammer Nine of killing his brother, but Lu Feng recognized him as Third Brother Xiong and learned that Second Brother Xiong had died on a mission.
• Lu Feng demonstrated how a rapid double strike could imitate the Limitless Nine Layered Hammer and pledged his life if Lord Hammer Nine was proven guilty, persuading Xiong Lei’s companions to hold off.
• Xiong Lei revealed that an unknown person had trapped Lord Hammer Nine in an array, and Zhao Thirteen sensed Judge’s Soul Jade signaling from inside it.
• The black mist receded, revealing spiritual chains pinning Lord Hammer Nine beside Over-Mountain Peak Snake Eggs identified as belonging to a Teng Flood Dragon King Snake.
• Lu Feng explained that breaking the array would likely shatter the eggs and spread their scent, making anyone who rescued Lord Hammer Nine a target of the mother snake.

Lu Feng and Qu Qiqi confronted Liu Shun Gao after he brought Judge’s corpse and accused Ninth Master Hammer of killing him, while clues suggested the scene had been staged. Qiu Bisheng arrived and attacked Lu Feng when he was challenged about his schemes, but Halberd Emperor intercepted him and demanded an explanation.

• Zhao Thirteen reasoned that Ninth Master Hammer remained trapped because he feared disturbing the Over-Mountain Peak Snake Egg and endangering the forest.
• Liu Shun Gao arrived with Judge’s corpse and accused Ninth Master Hammer of killing his brother with the Limitless Nine Layered Hammer.
• Qu Qiqi and Lu Feng questioned Liu Shun Gao’s account, pointing out suspicious details about the coffin, Judge’s weapon, and his behavior.
• Halberd Emperor and Wang Yangming arrived, followed by Qiu Bisheng, who suggested that Judge and Ninth Master Hammer had fought over spiritual treasures.
• Qu Qiqi accused Qiu Bisheng of arranging the events, and Lu Feng revealed that he had searched Qiu Bisheng’s disciple’s memories and found evidence of his instructions.
• Qiu Bisheng attacked Lu Feng, but Halberd Emperor blocked the strike and ordered Qiu Bisheng to explain himself.