Chapter Summaries

Bai Yang faced Ghost King True Lord’s attack, but Dan Qiulin destroyed a Grandmaster-level evil spirit with his wooden sword and revealed his Martial Path will. Bai Yang then turned his attention to the Divine Path True Person who had threatened Little Cat, and the man attacked him with a firebird-shaped sword.

• Ghost King True Lord sent a Grandmaster-level evil spirit to kill Bai Yang, and Dan Qiulin destroyed it with his wooden sword.
• Yu Cangsong recognized that Dan Qiulin had used Martial Path will, while Ghost King True Lord declared that he wanted to capture Dan Qiulin’s soul.
• Bai Yang challenged Ghost King True Lord, then said he would deal with the Divine Path True Person who had tried to kill Little Cat.
• The Divine Path True Person answered Bai Yang’s threat by launching his scarlet sword as a flaming firebird toward him.

Bai Yang killed a divine path True Person who threatened his cat and claimed the man’s magic sword. After warning the gathered treasure seekers to leave, he ordered Yaya to attack them, and her gaze filled the crowd with dread.

• Bai Yang burned the divine path True Person to ash before the man’s fiery bird could reach him.
• Bai Yang claimed the dead cultivator’s sword and discovered that his Psychic Power could activate its formations and flames.
• Bai Yang taunted the Ghost King True Lord, then warned the crowd that anyone who tried to plunder his home would die.
• Bai Yang urged Yu Cangsong to leave and noted that Luo Guangyuan and the Blood Lotus Sect were among his enemies, but the crowd stayed.
• Bai Yang interrupted Yaya’s cartoon and ordered her to kill as many people outside the city as she could, and her gaze made the crowd’s hair stand on end.

Bai Yang released Yaya against the intruders, and she drained the life from more than a thousand people outside the city. As seven survivors faced him, Bai Yang declared that he would deal with them himself and revealed an object in his hand.

• Bai Yang had Yaya inhale, and she killed more than a thousand people outside the city by devouring their life force.
• Bai Yang and his companions reacted to the massacre, while Zhao Shi and the others backed away from Yaya in fear.
• Bai Yang identified four unusual survivors: Young Master Jun, a sickly man protected by Merit Golden Light, a man guarded by a tortoiseshell, and a woman surrounded by Imperial Dragon Qi; Xiang Nan escaped from farther away.
• Bai Yang used his Psychic Power to draw the dead intruders’ weapons, money, manuals, and pills into the city.
• Ghost King True Lord vowed to capture Bai Yang, Yaya, and the young man who had comprehended Martial Path intent, while Yu Cangsong insisted Yaya had to be eliminated.
• Luo Guangyuan offered Bai Yang a general’s position, but Bai Yang refused to rely on Yaya and said he would face the survivors himself before producing an object in his palm.

Bai Yang activated the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner, trapping everyone in Gourd Valley inside a lightless realm and preventing them from escaping. He targeted Ghost King True Lord with the banner’s powers, and blue flames engulfed him.

• Bai Yang summoned the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner and poured his Psychic Power into it.
• Bai Yang expanded the banner’s dark field over Gourd Valley, trapping Yu Cangsong, Luo Guangyuan, Ghost King True Lord, and the four unknown young men.
• Yu Cangsong and Luo Guangyuan tried to escape but found themselves circling within the sealed region.
• Ghost King True Lord recognized the banner as a Sixth-Rank Dharma Treasure and summoned evil spirits while hiding in dark mist.
• Bai Yang activated the banner’s No Flight function, forcing everyone in the dark realm to fall to the ground.
• Bai Yang sent blue flames to engulf Ghost King True Lord.

Bai Yang used the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner and scorching blue flames to trap Ghost King True Lord, destroy his evil ghosts, and burn through his defenses. Ghost King True Lord unleashed his Yin Spirit and powerful treasures to resist, then revealed his Ghost King Dharma Form as he prepared to fight back.

• Bai Yang's blue flames incinerated Ghost King True Lord's lesser evil ghosts and then overwhelmed the two stronger ghosts resisting them.
• Ghost King True Lord's black light and Nether Spring bottle protected his physical body, but Bai Yang's intensified flames rapidly evaporated the water.
• Ghost King True Lord sent his Yin Spirit into the flames and unleashed tens of thousands of ghosts to locate Bai Yang.
• Bai Yang burned all the summoned ghosts, destroying Ghost King True Lord's Ten Thousand Ghosts Night Parade Diagram.
• Ghost King True Lord grew into a hundred-meter-tall Ghost King Dharma Form and revealed his strongest state.

Bai Yang used Yaya and the Imperial Golden Dragon to defeat and kill the Ghost King True Lord, gaining a great increase in Yin Spirit strength. With the Ghost King gone, Bai Yang turned his attention to the trapped rebel general Luo Guangyuan.

• Bai Yang sent Yaya to drain the Ghost King True Lord's body, and she destroyed his protective treasure and the bottle containing the Nether Spring.
• The Ghost King True Lord's body burned to ash, weakening his Dharma Form, while Bai Yang's blue flames evaporated the released Nether Spring water.
• Bai Yang summoned the Imperial Golden Dragon, which shattered and devoured the Ghost King True Lord's Dharma Form, then strengthened Bai Yang's Yin Spirit with its energy.
• Bai Yang comforted the frightened Yaya and noticed that Yu Cangsong and four unknown young men remained trapped in the sealed world.
• Bai Yang targeted the rebel general Luo Guangyuan and surrounded him with blue flames.

Bai Yang used the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner to kill Luo Guangyuan and his blood tiger, then replenished his Psychic Power with Dragon Yuan and prepared to kill Yu Cangsong. Just as a woman in colorful clothes urged him not to kill Yu Cangsong, the chapter left the reason for her plea unknown.

• Bai Yang withdrew his blue flames and unleashed the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner's Sword Qi, shredding Luo Guangyuan and his blood tiger.
• Bai Yang collected Luo Guangyuan's blood-red greatsword and the blood tiger's energy essence, then used Psychic Power to summon the Dragon Yuan Lin Bing'er had gathered.
• Bai Yang drank the Dragon Yuan to recover and turned his attention to Yu Cangsong, who was trapped in the darkness and offered to give up the Dragon Vein's treasures.
• Bai Yang decided to kill Yu Cangsong, but a woman in colorful clothes urgently called out that he could not kill him.

Bai Yang questioned Chen Caiyue about why Yu Cangsong should be spared, then recognized her as the Ninth Princess and accepted the continuation of the Thunder Secret Tome she brought. He released Yu Cangsong and the surviving visitors, gave Jin Younian a drop of Dragon Yuan, and remained at the valley after the others departed.

• Chen Caiyue told Bai Yang that Yu Cangsong was a Grandmaster whose death could affect the war, then offered an ancient book in exchange for his life.
• Bai Yang recognized the book as the promised continuation of the Thunder Secret Tome and learned Chen Caiyue was Chen Yongfa's niece and the Ninth Princess.
• Bai Yang let Yu Cangsong escape after demanding he honor his oath, and Chen Caiyue explained the identities of the remaining visitors.
• Bai Yang burned the unidentified Black-robed Youth to ashes, accidentally destroying the treasure in his hand, then withdrew the Ten Absolute Dark Light Sword Banner.
• Bai Yang spared Young Master Jun and Jin Younian at Chen Caiyue's request, and gave Jin Younian a drop of Dragon Yuan to treat his illness.
• Jin Younian thanked Bai Yang and flew away with the Dragon Yuan.

After defeating the attackers, Bai Yang hosted Ninth Princess Chen Caiyue and Jun Niansheng at his valley and sorted through the spoils. He gave Shui Mo a levitation Formation to set up within three days, then prepared a banquet for his guests.

• Bai Yang invited Chen Caiyue and Jun Niansheng to stay the night, and Zhao Shi led them away while Bai Yang ordered the corpses cleared and the loot brought to his courtyard.
• Bai Yang gave Silver Wolf the Blood Tiger’s energy crystal, then sorted the recovered weapons, medicines, manuals, and magical treasures.
• Bai Yang found the levitation Formation in the Divine Path inheritance and copied its instructions for Shui Mo, ordering him to set it up within three days.
• Little Cat arranged a banquet, and Bai Yang asked her to invite Chen Caiyue and Jun Niansheng to join it.

Bai Yang hosted Jun Niansheng and Chen Caiyue for a barbecue dinner, where Jun's attempts to make peace with Chen repeatedly backfired. After Jun's own effort to win Chen over through cooking failed, he turned to Bai Yang for advice about women.

• Jun Niansheng tried to explain that he had only looked at Yu Feifeng because he was curious about her bald head, but Chen Caiyue refused to forgive him.
• Chen Caiyue asked Jun to solve the mystery of Bai Yang's dinner setup, and Jun correctly guessed that the guests would cook their own food.
• Bai Yang arrived with Little Cat and the Bing Qing Yu Jie Quadruplets, and Chen Caiyue stomped on Jun's foot after catching him staring at the sisters.
• Bai Yang introduced barbecue, but his own skewers turned out burnt and half-raw, so Little Cat and the Bing Qing Yu Jie Quadruplets took over the cooking.
• Chen Caiyue enjoyed the barbecue and became friendly with Little Cat and the others, while Jun's attempt to impress her with his cooking failed.
• Jun drank with Bai Yang and asked why women were so troublesome and how Bai Yang's women became so devoted to him.

Bai Yang deceived Jun Niansheng into believing that acting cold and domineering would win Chen Caiye’s affection, then enjoyed a lively barbecue and drinking games with the group. The next morning, Jun Niansheng and Chen Caiye waited in the living room to say their farewells to Bai Yang.

• Bai Yang told Jun Niansheng to act aloof and make Chen Caiye feel insecure so she would become more attached to him.
• Jun Niansheng believed Bai Yang’s advice, praised him as a bosom friend, and drank with him.
• Chen Caiye watched the two men talking and decided Jun Niansheng should stay away from Bai Yang.
• Chen Caiye shared the excess barbecue with the group, and Bai Yang taught everyone drinking games that got them rowdy.
• Bai Yang woke beside Little Cat, exchanged playful banter with her, and learned that Jun Niansheng and Chen Caiye were waiting to bid him farewell.

Bai Yang heard rumors of a murderous swordsman rampaging through Taoshan County and feared the killer might be Lan Xin, who had asked Bai Yang to stop him if he fell into bloodlust. As Bai Yang remained troubled, Shui Mo completed a floating formation and began adapting it for Bai Yang’s satellite, while Bai Yang summoned Zhao Shi, the others, and Old Shan.

• Jun Niansheng and Chen Caiyue told Bai Yang about an unknown killer in Taoshan County who had slaughtered Blood Lotus Sect members and many other Martial Artists, then left to investigate.
• Bai Yang recalled Lan Xin’s plea to kill him if he succumbed to slaughter and worried that Lan Xin might be the killer.
• Shui Mo demonstrated a formation that lifted a ten-ton boulder, and Bai Yang tasked him with carving a flight-capable formation onto the satellite without damaging it.
• Bai Yang returned to the sitting room, remained distressed, and asked Little Cat to summon Zhao Shi, the others, and Old Shan.

Bai Yang worried that Lan Xin might be the person Chen Caiyue had mentioned, and planned to leave once Shui Mo finished preparing the satellite. After the satellite reached its fixed position in the sky, Bai Yang hurried to test it.

• Bai Yang gave Zhao Shi the complete Thunder Secret Tome and told him to share it with the valley’s fighters, who began breaking through with the help of Dragon Yuan.
• Bai Yang admitted to Little Cat that he feared Lan Xin was connected to Chen Caiyue’s news, and Dan Qiulin guessed that Bai Yang planned to leave and offered to accompany him.
• Dan Qiulin broke through to the Martial Artist level and condensed Thunder Blood Qi, while Bai Yang drank three jars of Dragon Yuan and raised his Psychic Power’s lifting limit to 999 kilograms.
• Over the next two days, all six thousand of Bai Yang’s subordinates reached the Martial Artist level, and some advanced to Martial Warrior.
• Shui Mo activated the satellite’s Formation and sent it to an altitude of one hundred thousand meters, concealing and protecting it with additional Formations.
• Bai Yang praised Shui Mo and hurried to the control room beneath the valley to test the satellite.

Bai Yang brought the satellite online, tested its imaging and other systems, and taught his people to use the new technology. He then left Gourd Valley with Dan Qiulin to travel toward Peach Mountain Commandery, leaving Little Cat and the others to guard the valley.

• Bai Yang activated the satellite and tested its camera, confirming that it could capture clear images across a range of roughly ten thousand kilometers.
• Bai Yang emerged from the control room and demonstrated a video call to Little Cat, Zhao Shi, and the others.
• Bai Yang selected a hundred core members to learn to operate the equipment and instructed them to keep the valley’s communications systems online while he was away.
• Bai Yang reassured Little Cat that she needed to stay behind and guard the control room, while Zhao Shi and Hu Zi promised to protect the valley and provide long-range fire support.
• Bai Yang rode out with Dan Qiulin toward Peach Mountain Commandery, leaving Blood Infant behind to protect Gourd Valley and watch Shui Mo.

Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin reached Qingmu County to find a route to Taoshan County, where Bai Yang checked on the town and reunited with Qing He. Qing He revealed the destructive power of her new qin piece before leaving to wander, while privately believing her past as a courtesan meant she had no right to settle down.

• Bai Yang used his Tablet's map to correct their course, and he and Dan Qiulin rode to Qingmu County.
• Dan Qiulin declined to visit Mo Wen Martial Arts School, and Bai Yang saw that Wang Erji had arranged free porridge for people affected by the war.
• Wang Erji welcomed Bai Yang home and went to find a map to Taoshan County, while Dan Qiulin left the hall for a walk.
• Qing He and Xiao Lan visited Bai Yang, and Xiao Lan thanked him for saving her life.
• Qing He played Winter's Arrival, a piece that shattered a chair, damaged weapons, and cracked the courtyard's flagstones.
• Qing He said goodbye and left to travel, while Bai Yang told her she could return if she ever wanted to stop; Qing He privately thought her courtesan past left her no right to settle down.

Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin reached Taoshan County, where peach trees bloomed in the middle of winter and powerful Martial Artists gathered amid the city’s extraordinary defenses. After checking into Taoxian Inn to seek information about the gathering, they heard a mighty beast roar outside.

• Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin crossed into Taoshan County and saw mountains covered in winter peach blossoms.
• Dan Qiulin sensed at least ten Martial Artists at the Martial Warrior realm with concealed killing intent, while Bai Yang suspected they had come for the person said to have fallen into the killing path.
• Bai Yang saw Taoshan County’s towering walls, colossal peach tree, and a flying Tower Ship, then chose Taoxian Inn for the night.
• Bai Yang tipped the waiter and asked him to find information about the noteworthy Martial Artists who had recently arrived in Taoshan County.
• Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin noticed Grandmasters and divine path cultivators at the inn, then a mighty beast roared outside and shook the building.

A spoiled young woman and her two companions returned to Taoshan County on a fiery Giant Python, which destroyed a caravan’s horses and goods. After Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin called her spoiled, she headed to confront them, while they argued over who should handle the trouble and continued eating.

• The red-dressed woman and Peach Blossom True Lord’s two disciples arrived at Taoxian Inn atop a fiery Giant Python, which burned carriages and swallowed horses before shrinking into a small snake.
• A caravan guard protested the destruction, but bystanders warned him that the woman was Peach Blossom True Lord’s daughter and that his family controlled Taoxian Inn.
• Bai Yang lamented the loss of his horses, while Dan Qiulin dismissed the damage and advised him not to make an issue of the spoiled young woman.
• The red-dressed woman overheard Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin talking about her and turned toward their table to teach them a lesson, despite her companions’ warnings.
• Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin argued over who would deal with the approaching trio as they fought over food and ordered more Peach Blossom Wine.
• Most diners recognized trouble was coming, paid, and hurried out of the hall.

Bai Yang and Dan Qiulin confronted Tao Yaoyao and her companions at an inn, where Dan Qiulin defeated an attacking Martial Master with one punch and Bai Yang restrained Tao Yaoyao’s Grandmaster-level snake. The chapter ended with Bai Yang binding Tao Yaoyao and spanking her while she cried out for her father.

• Tao Yaoyao demanded that Bai Yang injure himself, but Bai Yang mocked her and urged her to attack.
• Tao Yaoyao’s quick-eyed senior brother attacked Bai Yang with Fiery Viper Palm, and Dan Qiulin shattered the attack and sent him flying with one punch.
• Tao Yaoyao revealed her identity as Peach Blossom True Lord’s daughter and ordered Uncle Hong to kill Bai Yang.
• Uncle Hong’s fiery snake transformed into a giant python, but Bai Yang’s silver chain restrained it and the inn collapsed in the ensuing destruction.
• Bai Yang bound Tao Yaoyao with another silver chain and repeatedly slapped her buttocks as she cried for her father.

Bai Yang humiliated and restrained Tao Yaoyao while Dan Qiulin defeated her fellow disciples, drawing Peach Blossom True Lord to Taoxian Inn. After Bai Yang released his hostages and gave the name Song Yidao, Peach Blossom True Lord questioned why he had stopped using his daughter as leverage.

• Bai Yang bound Tao Yaoyao and repeatedly spanked her while the crowd watched, and Dan Qiulin defeated the disciple who charged to rescue her.
• Peach Blossom True Lord arrived in a storm of petals and asked Bai Yang to release Tao Yaoyao and the Crimson Flame Red Python.
• Bai Yang threatened Peach Blossom True Lord with Tao Yaoyao as a hostage, then released her and the python and introduced himself as Song Yidao.
• Peach Blossom True Lord called the python back, drew Tao Yaoyao to his side, and asked Bai Yang why he no longer held her hostage.

Bai Yang rejected Peach Blossom True Lord’s attempt to resolve their conflict by marrying Tao Yaoyao, and the two fought. After resisting Peach Blossom True Lord’s mind-bewitching technique, Bai Yang struck with blue flames, but Peach Blossom True Lord and his companions escaped; Bai Yang realized he had faced only a projection.

• Bai Yang and Peach Blossom True Lord argued over Tao Yaoyao, and Peach Blossom True Lord proposed that Bai Yang marry her to restore her reputation.
• Bai Yang refused the proposal, so Peach Blossom True Lord attacked him and Dan Qiulin with enormous roots.
• Bai Yang used scarlet flames to destroy the roots, and Peach Blossom True Lord recognized him as Bai Yang.
• Peach Blossom True Lord bewitched Bai Yang into briefly agreeing to marry Tao Yaoyao, but Imperial Dragon Qi awakened him.
• Bai Yang attacked Peach Blossom True Lord with a huge blue fireball, and Peach Blossom True Lord, Tao Yaoyao, and his disciples vanished amid peach-blossom petals.
• Dan Qiulin marveled that Peach Blossom True Lord had fled, and Bai Yang concluded that the opponent had not been his true body.