Chapter Summaries

Ren Xiaoyao saved Tantai Pudu and defeated Shi Jiuchong with a single punch, then killed him despite his threat to unleash the Blood Gu Worms. The worms went berserk in the True Martial Sect, leaving the fate of the Capital City uncertain.

• Ren Xiaoyao appeared riding Ren Xuanji's sword and revealed that he had killed a Qianqiu Pavilion Outer Sect Elder, earning Tantai Pudu's goodwill.
• Ren Xiaoyao told Tantai Pudu he had deliberately come to save her, then focused his attention on Ren Xuanji.
• Shi Jiuchong attacked Ren Xiaoyao with the Blood Shadow Divine Skill, but Ren Xiaoyao found his true body and crippled him with one punch.
• Shi Jiuchong warned that his death would unleash the Blood Gu Worms across the Capital City, but Ren Xiaoyao killed him with a spiritual-energy palm strike.
• The Blood Gu Worms deep within the True Martial Sect became completely berserk after Shi Jiuchong died.

Ren Xiaoyao destroyed the Blood Gu Worms threatening the Capital City, then captured Ren Xuanji to question him about Luo Mengshen. Ren Xuanji revealed their marriage was a ruse and confessed that he had poisoned Luo Mengshen, leaving Ren Xiaoyao to hear the truth about his mother’s betrayal.

• Ren Xiaoyao summoned wind and divine thunder, wiping out more than a hundred thousand Blood Gu Worms before they could reach the Capital City.
• Tantai Pudu thanked Ren Xiaoyao for saving the people, while Ren Xuanji and the Qianqiu Pavilion martial artists were left terrified.
• Ren Xiaoyao captured Ren Xuanji for interrogation and told Tantai Pudu to kill the Qianqiu Pavilion martial artists except for one survivor.
• Ren Xuanji explained that he and Luo Mengshen had only pretended to be married, and that he had once served Yang Wuhui of Star Picking Tower.
• Ren Xuanji boasted that he had poisoned Luo Mengshen while she was recovering from injuries after giving birth to Ren Xiaoyao.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that Ren Xuanji had poisoned Luo Mengshen and plotted against her son, then revealed his identity and brutally killed him. After rescuing Tantai Pudu and earning her favor, Ren Xiaoyao received a hidden-mission reward choice between a martial art and a defensive robe.

• Ren Xuanji confessed that he had poisoned Luo Mengshen, secretly poisoned Ren Xiaoyao, and schemed to send him to the Imperial Observatory.
• Ren Xiaoyao broke Ren Xuanji’s knees, revealed his face, and tortured him to death in the dungeon.
• Tantai Pudu and Ren Xiaoyao departed the True Martial Sect after she and her allies defeated Qianqiu Pavilion’s fighters, leaving one survivor to report back.
• Ren Xiaoyao told Tantai Pudu to call him Chang Sheng, and the system said her favorability and karmic connection could help weaken his future Heavenly Tribulation.
• The system announced that Ren Xiaoyao had completed the hidden mission The Obsession of the Previous Body and offered him a choice between the Mysterious Yin Divine Skill and the Starlight Glazed Robe.

Ren Xiaoyao chose the Starlight Glazed Robe and continued focusing on cultivation while the Empress put Princess Taiping in charge of the True Martial Sect. Luo Mengxian arrived at the Imperial Observatory with Wine Daoist and Liu Ruyan to invite Ren Xiaoyao to Qianqiu Pavilion, where he could inherit the Holy Son Position, and the chapter ended as his choices appeared.

• Ren Xiaoyao chose the Starlight Glazed Robe and learned it could transform its appearance and strengthen his defense.
• The Empress learned that Tantai Pudu and a mysterious figure had destroyed the Blood Gu and killed a Qianqiu Pavilion Elder, then assigned Princess Taiping to oversee the True Martial Sect.
• Ying Huai told Li Chunfeng that Princess Taiping would take charge of the True Martial Sect, while Li Chunfeng suspected Ren Xiaoyao was the Ghost Face Mask figure said to have reached the Through Profound Realm.
• Ren Xiaoyao cultivated for half a month, and the Devil Master told him that Luo Mengxian would bring Liu Ruyan to the Capital City before going to Qianqiu Pavilion.
• Luo Mengxian arrived at the Imperial Observatory with Wine Daoist and Liu Ruyan, introduced herself as Ren Xiaoyao's aunt, and invited him to inherit Qianqiu Pavilion's Holy Son Position.
• Ren Xiaoyao received a choice between going to Qianqiu Pavilion for one Low-grade Spirit Stone or staying to cultivate for One Thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

Ren Xiaoyao rejected Luo Mengxian’s offers to return to Qianqiu Pavilion and practice martial arts, earning two thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones and receiving a Silver-Winged Great Roc egg. After Wine Daoist came to abduct him on behalf of Qianqiu Pavilion factions, Ren Xiaoyao stopped him effortlessly with the Great Sun Divine Sword.

• Ren Xiaoyao refused the Holy Son Position and martial arts, while Luo Mengxian explained the Luo Family’s growing influence in Qianqiu Pavilion and gave him a Silver-Winged Great Roc egg.
• Ren Xiaoyao earned two thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones by refusing Luo Mengxian’s proposals, then used them to accelerate his cultivation.
• Wine Daoist secretly entered the Imperial Observatory and ordered Ren Xiaoyao to accompany him, threatening to harm Li Chunfeng if Ren Xiaoyao resisted.
• Wine Daoist boasted of his Through Profound Realm strength, but Ren Xiaoyao’s Great Sun Divine Sword shattered his protective True Essence and wine gourd, stopping just before his brow.

Ren Xiaoyao subdued Wine Daoist, learned about Qianqiu Pavilion’s power struggle and the wider Martial Dao realms, then sent him back as a hidden agent. A system message revealed that Luo Mengxian was in mortal danger and offered Ren Xiaoyao one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for saving her.

• Ren Xiaoyao stopped Wine Daoist’s abduction attempt, forced him to submit with a Life and Death Mark, and explained the situation to Li Chunfeng.
• Wine Daoist revealed that the Huangfu Family had ordered the abduction to control Luo Mengxian, whom they saw as the Luo Family’s leading prodigy.
• Ren Xiaoyao learned that Qianqiu Pavilion’s Old Pavilion Master was in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and that powerful martial artists also existed beyond the pavilion.
• Ren Xiaoyao spared Wine Daoist and sent him back to Qianqiu Pavilion as a hidden agent tasked with deceiving the Huangfu Family.
• A system message warned Ren Xiaoyao that Luo Mengxian was in a life-or-death crisis and offered him one thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones if he saved her.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that Luo Mengxian was in danger in the Imperial Palace and went there, while Luo Mengxian confronted the Empress and the forces assembled against her. After a scarred elder in the Through Profound Realm struck her, Luo Mengxian realized she had no escape from disaster.

• Ren Xiaoyao received guidance that Luo Mengxian was in the Imperial Palace, put on his Ghost Face Mask, and left the Imperial Observatory.
• Luo Mengxian and Liu Ruyan faced Phoenix and the Imperial Guards outside the Empress's bedchamber, and Luo Mengxian sent Phoenix crashing into the wall with one palm.
• The Empress emerged and confronted Luo Mengxian, while Sword Demon and eight Martial Saints of West Shu Mountain appeared to surround her and Liu Ruyan.
• Luo Mengxian learned that the Huangfu Family had arranged the ambush and that Sword Demon sought revenge for her elder sister, Luo Mengshen.
• A scarred purple-robed elder descended and struck Luo Mengxian, who recognized him as a Through Profound Realm expert and realized she could not escape.

Ren Xiaoyao arrived in time to save Luo Mengxian from the purple-robed Through Profound Realm elder and spared the Empress after learning her fortune could aid him in a future tribulation. The elder warned that a stronger Huangfu Family ally was hidden nearby, and a blood-robed old man emerged from the ruins, shrouding the Imperial Palace in a crimson glow.

• The purple-robed elder prepared to kill Luo Mengxian, who closed her eyes and lamented that she might not keep her promise to Xiaoyao.
• Ren Xiaoyao appeared and struck the elder, hurling him into the Empress's bedchamber and shielding Luo Mengxian from the dust.
• The Empress recognized Ren Xiaoyao as the masked person who destroyed the True Martial Sect's Blood Gu, and Ren Xiaoyao chose to spare her to avoid Heavenly Dao's loathing and potentially seize her fortune later.
• Ren Xiaoyao claimed he had once known Luo Mengshen and challenged the purple-robed elder, who warned that an even stronger ally was hidden in the Imperial Palace.
• Ren Xiaoyao sensed the concealed threat, and the Empress dropped to her knees in fear as a gaunt, blood-robed old man emerged from the ruins and bathed the palace in red light.

The Evil King revealed himself as the Huangfu Family’s Transcendent Realm safeguard and challenged Ren Xiaoyao after declaring that Luo Mengxian and the witnesses had to die. Ren Xiaoyao defeated him with the Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable, leaving the others to face the aftermath of a power far beyond their expectations.

• The Evil King explained that the Huangfu Family had helped him reach the Transcendent Realm and that he intended to repay them by killing Luo Mengxian.
• Luo Mengxian urged Ren Xiaoyao to flee with Liu Ruyan, but the Evil King and Purple Robe Elder insisted no witnesses could be allowed to leave.
• The Evil King challenged Ren Xiaoyao and unleashed his full Transcendent Realm power before the watching Empress, Phoenix, Sword Demon, and others.
• Ren Xiaoyao summoned the Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable, whose palm pierced the Evil King and destroyed several Imperial Palace halls.
• As he fell, the mortally wounded Evil King asked about Ren Xiaoyao’s martial skill, and Ren Xiaoyao named it the Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable.

Ren Xiaoyao killed the Evil King, the Purple Robe Elder, and Sword Demon with the other nine Martial Saint experts, then left the Imperial Palace after saving Luo Mengxian. Ten days later, he prepared to break through to Dao Realm Sixth Heaven as a Heavenly Tribulation gathered over Fulong Mountain.

• Ren Xiaoyao killed the Evil King with Radiant Sun Celestial Venerable, then killed the fleeing Purple Robe Elder and used Sword Control Technique to kill Sword Demon and the other nine Martial Saint experts.
• Ren Xiaoyao spared the Empress for the time being and left to return to the Imperial Observatory, while Luo Mengxian and Liu Ruyan beat the Empress before departing.
• The Empress ordered Phoenix to conceal the battle and told Taiping to make Blood Pills without restraint so she could pursue the Transcendent Realm.
• Ying Huai told Li Chunfeng about the battle and the Ghost Face Mask; Li Chunfeng dropped his teacup when he heard the name.
• Ren Xiaoyao absorbed all the spiritual energy from Three Thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones over ten days, reached the threshold for a breakthrough, and awaited the Heavenly Tribulation gathering above Fulong Mountain.

Ren Xiaoyao survived his second Heavenly Tribulation, reached the Dao Realm Sixth Heaven, and chose to remain on the Immortal Dao despite the increasingly dangerous trials ahead. After receiving the Wind Blade Technique, he comprehended the high-tier wind art Soaring Cloud Riding Mist.

• Ren Xiaoyao endured the Heavenly Tribulation on Fulong Mountain, drawing on Tantai Pudu and the Empress’s fortune to weaken its power.
• Li Chunfeng witnessed Ren Xiaoyao withstand the lightning, while the Director knocked himself unconscious after mistaking the sight for a hallucination.
• The Empress and Tantai Pudu each felt unease as Ren Xiaoyao drew upon their fortune during the tribulation.
• Ren Xiaoyao completed the tribulation, advanced to Dao Realm Sixth Heaven, and chose to remain steadfast in the Immortal Dao rather than transform his power into martial True Essence.
• Ren Xiaoyao received the Wind Blade Technique and comprehended the high-tier wind art Soaring Cloud Riding Mist.

Ren Xiaoyao learned that the Empress planned to slaughter Youzhou’s eight million people and blame the massacre on Great Zhou and the Demonic Sect. When Ying Huai left to try to save the province, Ren Xiaoyao decided he could not let his friend face certain death alone.

• Ren Xiaoyao mastered Soaring Cloud Riding Mist as the Devil Master reported that the Empress, the True Martial Sect, and the Fake Devil Lord had sent forces toward Youzhou.
• The Wine Daoist brought Ren Xiaoyao rare medicinal ingredients and reported that Dongfang Changkong had disappeared, leaving Qianqiu Pavilion’s factions close to open conflict.
• Ren Xiaoyao refined Spirit Enhancement Pills and Youth-Preserving Pills, then saw that his lifespan had increased to twelve hundred years.
• Ying Huai told Li Chunfeng that the Empress planned to let Great Zhou troops into Youzhou, use the ensuing slaughter to raise Blood Gu, and frame the Demonic Sect and the Dragon Capturing Organization.
• Ying Huai asked Li Chunfeng to help him stop the massacre, but Li Chunfeng hesitated, and Ren Xiaoyao resolved not to let Ying Huai go to his death alone.

Ren Xiaoyao, Li Chunfeng, and Ying Huai reached Youzhou and uncovered the Empress’s plan to sacrifice its eight million residents, but Princess Taiping and the Blood Demon confronted them. Ren Xiaoyao faced a choice between abandoning the city for a martial art or saving it to obtain the Art of Disguise.

• Ren Xiaoyao persuaded Li Chunfeng to help Ying Huai investigate the crisis in Youzhou, and Ying Huai reluctantly agreed to let Ren Xiaoyao accompany them.
• The Empress learned that Ying Huai had left for Youzhou and declared that he would be buried beneath the blizzard, while Phoenix assured her that Qianqiu Pavilion’s experts would defeat Li Chunfeng.
• Ying Huai, Li Chunfeng, Ren Xiaoyao, and Fang Yuan reached Youzhou and told General Wang Yaojie that the Empress planned to sacrifice the city’s eight million residents.
• Princess Taiping arrived with the Blood Demon, revealed that he had taught the Empress the Blood Gu method, and threatened to kill the group.
• Ren Xiaoyao recognized that the Blood Demon had reached the Through Profound Realm and received a choice between abandoning Youzhou for Folding Plum Palm or saving the city for the Art of Disguise.

Ren Xiaoyao watched Huangfu Chaoxiong overpower the Dao Seeking Sect heirs and seize control of the blood-gu plot, then revealed himself after Huangfu called him out. The chapter ended with Ren Xiaoyao facing Huangfu in the snowy sky.

• Ren Xiaoyao chose the system reward as Li Chunfeng, Fang Yuan, Wang Yaojie, and Ying Huai were suppressed by the Blood Demon.
• Tantai Pudu arrived with Zhang Lifeng, Gan Jianshuo, and a middle-aged woman, and Zhang Lifeng and Gan Jianshuo briefly drove the Blood Demon into a pit.
• Huangfu Chaoxiong appeared, stopped the Sword Bearer’s attack, and identified himself as a Qianqiu Pavilion Inner Cabinet Elder.
• Huangfu Chaoxiong promised Princess Taiping the Son of Heaven Position and offered her Tantai Pudu’s True Essence, then struck Zhang Lifeng and Gan Jianshuo into the General’s Mansion ruins.
• Huangfu Chaoxiong recruited the Blood Demon and called for the mysterious expert who had killed the Evil King to answer him.
• Ren Xiaoyao appeared in the sky and challenged Huangfu Chaoxiong, asking whether he was worthy of an explanation.

Ren Xiaoyao confronted Huangfu Chaoxiong as the Qianqiu Pavilion elder unleashed the Moon Demon Saber Technique. Ren Xiaoyao destroyed his attack with a casual punch that split the snow clouds and ended the blizzard, leaving Huangfu Chaoxiong defeated and unable to understand the strength he had faced.

• Ren Xiaoyao appeared above Youzhou City, startling Tantai Pudu, Li Chunfeng, Princess Taiping, Blood Demon, and the others.
• Huangfu Chaoxiong challenged Ren Xiaoyao, claiming his strength and Qianqiu Pavilion’s top-tier martial art would let him suppress him.
• Huangfu Chaoxiong summoned a snow tornado and revealed the Demon Blade Crescent Moon and his Moon Demon Saber Technique.
• Huangfu Chaoxiong slashed at Ren Xiaoyao with Moon Demon Blade, All Living Beings Shall Be Slain, while Ren Xiaoyao answered with a punch.
• Ren Xiaoyao’s fist wind shattered Huangfu Chaoxiong’s sword radiance, blasted apart the snow clouds, and stopped the blizzard over Youzhou City.
• Huangfu Chaoxiong’s blade broke and his True Essence vanished, and he asked Ren Xiaoyao what martial art he had used; Ren Xiaoyao replied that it was merely a casual strike.

Ren Xiaoyao killed Huangfu Chaoxiong, Princess Taiping, and the Blood Demon, ending the immediate crisis in Youzhou City. After staying in the city for two days, he received the Art of Disguise and comprehended the higher-tier Eight-Nine Profound Heaven Transformation.

• Ren Xiaoyao killed Huangfu Chaoxiong with one punch, shocking Ying Huai, Tantai Pudu, and the others.
• Princess Taiping knelt and begged for her life, but Ren Xiaoyao revealed his face to her and killed her with a palm strike.
• The Blood Demon offered Ren Xiaoyao Blood Pills in exchange for his life, but Ren Xiaoyao rejected him and killed him.
• Ren Xiaoyao left the group, then returned to Li Chunfeng as Li Chunfeng struggled to invent an explanation for his absence.
• With Tantai Pudu's help, Ying Huai and Wang Yaojie cleared the remaining Blood Gu forces while Ren Xiaoyao and Li Chunfeng stayed in Youzhou City.
• Two days later, Ren Xiaoyao received the Art of Disguise, mastered it, and comprehended the high-tier Eight-Nine Profound Heaven Transformation.

Ren Xiaoyao mastered the Eight-Nine Profound Heaven Transformation while the Empress accepted the Blood Sect’s offer to make Blood Pills. As Qianqiu Pavilion’s factions fell into open conflict, the Great Fortune Bearer Li Baishou infiltrated the Imperial Observatory to seize Ren Xiaoyao’s Silver-Winged Great Roc Egg, and Ren Xiaoyao faced a choice about how to deal with him.

• The Empress learned that the Ghost Face Mask had destroyed her plans in Youzhou and met Blood Demon’s master, who offered the Blood Sect’s help making Blood Pills in exchange for living beings.
• Ren Xiaoyao transformed into a true dragon above the Imperial Observatory, frightening the Director into knocking himself unconscious before Ren Xiaoyao ended the transformation.
• The Devil Master told Ren Xiaoyao that he had killed the Empress’s puppet Devil Master, left the Demonic Sect, and learned that Lin Ping had been Ying Huai’s agent before fleeing to Great Zhou.
• Wine Daoist reported that Huangfu Chaoxiong’s death had driven the Huangfu Family into open conflict with the Luo Family, and suspected the Old Pavilion Master had met with trouble.
• Li Baishou infiltrated the Imperial Observatory to seize the Silver-Winged Great Roc Egg, and Ren Xiaoyao received a choice to kill or subdue him.

Ren Xiaoyao confronted Li Baishou, a peak Transcendent Realm expert who came to seize the Silver-Winged Great Roc Egg. After Ren Xiaoyao casually demonstrated overwhelming power with one punch, Li Baishou was left terrified and unable to speak.

• Ren Xiaoyao learned that Li Baishou was a Great Fortune Bearer from another dynasty and sensed him approaching the Night Observation Department.
• Li Baishou arrived and demanded the Silver-Winged Great Roc Egg, dismissing the Devil Master, the Wine Daoist, and Li Chunfeng as no threat.
• Li Baishou challenged Ren Xiaoyao to punch him, confident that the ordinary-looking man could not hurt him.
• Ren Xiaoyao's punch unleashed a gale that shattered Li Baishou's protective True Essence and stopped an inch from his forehead.
• Ren Xiaoyao invited Li Baishou to take the egg, but the terrified Li Baishou could not say a word.

Ren Xiaoyao defeated and captured Li Baishou, learned about the distant Great Chu Dynasty and its powerful realms, then forced Li Baishou to serve as a disguised guard at the Imperial Observatory. The next morning, Li Baishou returned with startling news: Qianqiu Pavilion Master Dongfang Changkong was on Sun Gazing Peak.

• Ren Xiaoyao caught Li Baishou after he tried to flee Fulong Mountain and demanded to know his origins and purpose.
• Li Baishou explained that he came from the Great Chu Dynasty and had fled to Great Gan after slaughtering demon beasts in the Thousand Beasts Sect's beast grounds.
• Ren Xiaoyao learned about imperial dynasties and the realms above Human Immortal, then placed a Life and Death Mark on Li Baishou and ordered him to guard the Imperial Observatory.
• Ren Xiaoyao received a message that subduing Li Baishou would let him share Li Baishou's fortune and weaken a future Heavenly Tribulation.
• Li Chunfeng introduced the disguised Li Baishou to the Imperial Observatory as a sweeping menial in the Night Observation Department.
• Li Baishou told Ren Xiaoyao that he had seen Qianqiu Pavilion Master Dongfang Changkong on Sun Gazing Peak.

Li Baishou revealed that Dongfang Ye was the rejuvenated Qianqiu Pavilion Master, Dongfang Changkong, and suspected he had cultivated the Ageless Spring Technique. Dongfang Changkong later left Ren Xiaoyao the manual before departing, and Ren Xiaoyao’s extraordinary comprehension transformed it into the immortal cultivation technique Chang Sheng Dao Seed.

• Li Baishou recognized Dongfang Ye as Dongfang Changkong and explained that the Ageless Spring Technique could rejuvenate its cultivator by dispersing their cultivation.
• Li Baishou proposed capturing Dongfang Changkong, but Ren Xiaoyao refused because they had no conflict and he was uninterested in the technique.
• Ren Xiaoyao watched Dongfang Changkong, who eventually returned from an unexplained trip troubled and announced that he planned to leave the Imperial Observatory to evade a powerful enemy.
• Dongfang Changkong gave Ren Xiaoyao the Ageless Spring Technique and departed, saying it was a body-strengthening martial art.
• Ren Xiaoyao read the manual and comprehended Chang Sheng Dao Seed, an immortal cultivation technique.