Chapter Summaries

Shen Xuan confronted the Heavenly Skill Sect as the Ding Family prepared to leave Qinglong Bay, then challenged three of its cultivators at once. He began the fight with his Great Accomplishment Roar of the Four Directions, while Ling Baoshi watched under a wager that Shen Xuan would win within ten breaths.

• Ding Yijin argued that the Ding Family was not betraying the Heavenly Skill Sect, and Shen Xuan ordered Tan Xingkong and Hu Ningxiang to let the family leave.
• Shen Xuan claimed the Ding Family's talented Immortal Seedlings would join the Qingyun Sect, intimidating Tan Xingkong and Hu Ningxiang into backing down.
• Huang Haozhe arrived and challenged Shen Xuan to a spar, but Shen Xuan offered to fight Huang Haozhe, Tan Xingkong, and Hu Ningxiang together.
• Shen Xuan exposed Ling Baoshi, then wagered that all three Heavenly Skill Sect cultivators would be unable to stand within ten breaths; Ling Baoshi accepted a stake of one hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Huang Haozhe, Tan Xingkong, and Hu Ningxiang summoned defensive treasures and shields, and Shen Xuan opened the fight with his Great Accomplishment Roar of the Four Directions.

Shen Xuan defeated Huang Haozhe, Tan Xingkong, and Hu Ningxiang with soul attacks, took their defensive Dharma Treasures, and escorted the Ding Family to Qingyun Immortal City. After settling the family there and returning to the sect with Ding Yuyao, he was summoned by the Law Enforcement Hall.

• Shen Xuan defeated the three Heavenly Skill Sect cultivators in moments, took their Dharma Treasures, and collected his wager from Ling Baoshi.
• Ling Baoshi warned He Jiangwei, You Moucai, and Liu Wangjing not to provoke Shen Xuan again, then returned to the sect to cultivate in seclusion.
• Huang Haozhe admitted the defeat to his companions and ordered the Heavenly Skill Sect to send the Ding Family's remaining elderly cultivators to Dragon Gate Market Town.
• Shen Xuan escorted the Ding Family to Qingyun Immortal City, where Lu Zhengying arranged their lodging.
• Shen Xuan stayed in Qingyun Immortal City with Ding Yuyao for several days, then returned to the sect and was met by the Law Enforcement Hall.

Shen Xuan and True Person Hanyu negotiated compensation from the Heavenly Skill Sect for the three treasures he had taken, then arranged for ten Ding Family Immortal Seedlings to join Hanyu Peak. After half a year of cultivation, Shen Xuan left the sect to hunt powerful water-attribute beasts, including the Thunder Beast that had troubled him.

• True Person Hanyu rejected True Person Lingxiao's request to return the Heavenly Skill Sect's treasures, and Shen Xuan exchanged them for six hundred thousand Sect Contribution Points.
• True Person Hanyu agreed to take ten Ding Family Immortal Seedlings as outer disciples of Hanyu Peak and assigned Liu Bingyu to oversee them.
• Shen Xuan spent half a year cultivating at Hanyu Peak, mastering the method of condensing water spirits into ice before asking True Person Hanyu for permission to leave the sect.
• True Person Hanyu allowed Shen Xuan to depart, and he set out to hunt the Thunder Beast, the Sky-reaching Water Rhinoceros, and other powerful water-attribute Monster Beasts.

Shen Xuan reached Bai Family Stockade and traded Lightning Spirit Pearls for its Spirit Herbs while asking about the Thunder Beasts near Lightning Swamp. He then encountered the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce there, where Shangguan Yan'er showed him unusual interest.

• Shen Xuan avoided traveling with Hou Jing and the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce, then reached Bai Family Stockade at Colorful Cloud Ridge.
• Shen Xuan traded two hundred Lightning Spirit Pearls for Bai Family Stockade's stockpile of Spirit Herbs and gifted Bai Tiancheng twenty more pearls.
• Bai Tiancheng warned Shen Xuan that Thunder Beasts lived in groups in Lightning Swamp and could threaten even a Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator.
• The Tianfu Chamber of Commerce arrived and learned Shen Xuan had bought most of Bai Family Stockade's Spirit Herbs before they could trade for them.
• Shangguan Yan'er, disguised as a young man, approached Shen Xuan after he admitted he knew the Thunder Method, then revealed herself as a woman and warmly introduced herself.

Shen Xuan tried to trade 1,800 Lightning Spirit Pearls for Bai Family Stockade’s [True Spirit Transformation] technique, but Old Master Bai asked him to help defend against Thunder Beasts. The Small Beast Tide had arrived early and would break out in a month, leaving Shen Xuan expected to stay and fight.

• Shangguan Yan'er tried to recruit Shen Xuan as a Shangguan Family retainer, but he refused and left.
• Shen Xuan pursued Bai Family Stockade’s [True Spirit Transformation] and prepared Lightning Spirit Pearls as bargaining chips.
• Bai Tiancheng brought Shen Xuan to meet Old Master Bai, who confirmed the technique was what Shen Xuan wanted.
• Shen Xuan offered 1,800 Lightning Spirit Pearls, and Old Master Bai asked him to help against Thunder Beasts instead of demanding more.
• Old Master Bai revealed that the Small Beast Tide had arrived early and would break out in a month, telling Shen Xuan he would have to stay at Bai Family Stockade.

Shen Xuan learned that a Small Beast Tide had arrived early and negotiated with Old Master Bai for the [Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation], Ice Frost Snow Flood Dragon Essence Blood, and cultivation insights in exchange for helping Bai Family Stockade survive it. He agreed to help but said he had additional conditions, leaving the final terms unresolved.

• Old Master Bai told Shen Xuan that a Small Beast Tide had erupted early, and Shen Xuan revealed he could escape with a Ten Thousand Mile Golden Light Talisman.
• Old Master Bai offered to trade the [True Spirit Transformation] for 1,800 Lightning Spirit Pearls, but Shen Xuan asked to inspect the inheritance and then requested the copy Old Master Bai had cultivated.
• Old Master Bai gave Shen Xuan the [Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation], explained that he had reached the eighth revolution, and offered his cultivation insights and enough Thousand Year Ice Frost Snow Dragon Essence Blood to cultivate beyond the third revolution.
• Old Master Bai asked Shen Xuan to help Bai Family Stockade withstand the Small Beast Tide, and Shen Xuan weighed the risks against the benefits of the inheritance and Essence Blood.
• Shen Xuan agreed to help Bai Family Stockade but told Old Master Bai that he had several conditions.

Shen Xuan demonstrated his strength to Old Master Bai and struck a deal to receive Bai Family Stockade’s body-refinement inheritance in exchange for Lightning Spirit Pearls and help during the Small Beast Tide. Afterward, Bai Tiancheng took him to meet the soldiers who were preparing to face the coming beast tide.

• Shen Xuan set conditions for his deal with Old Master Bai, including keeping his identity secret, receiving the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation and other treasures, and only fighting when Bai Family Stockade faced dire danger.
• Shen Xuan displayed his Lightning Escape Technique, Jianghai Myriad Waters Map, and Ice Soul Divine Sword, convincing Old Master Bai of his formidable strength.
• Old Master Bai accepted Shen Xuan’s terms, and Shen Xuan swore a Heavenly Dao Oath to guide Bai Family Stockade’s elite body-refinement disciples if he mastered the Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation.
• The Bai Family ancestor and Old Master Bai discussed whether Shen Xuan could face the Howling Moon Yao King’s three Demon Generals and noted that he seemed to possess a hidden trump card.
• Bai Tiancheng took Shen Xuan to Flying Goose Pass, where he introduced Shen as his sworn elder brother to the Savage People soldiers and let him see the troops preparing for the Small Beast Tide.

Shen Xuan refined Ice Frost Snow Jiao essence blood, gained the Size Manipulation talent, and trained [Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation] as he prepared for the Small Beast Tide. The chapter ended when Shangguan Yan'er came to his room with an important matter to discuss.

• Shen Xuan used [Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation] and the Mysterious Jade Talisman to refine Ice Frost Snow Jiao essence blood, then chose the Size Manipulation talent.
• Shen Xuan tested his first-revolution transformation and found it greatly strengthened him, though he could sustain it for only a hundred breaths.
• Shen Xuan spent his Dao Rhyme Points to improve [Cave True Ice Heart Art] and decided to build his strength before the Small Beast Tide.
• Shen Xuan suspected Bai Family Stockade had drawn the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce into the coming crisis and chose not to concern himself with their fate.
• Shen Xuan trained in seclusion until Shangguan Yan'er arrived at his guest room disguised as a man and asked to discuss something important.

Shen Xuan rejected Shangguan Yan'er’s attempt to persuade him to flee the Beast Tide, then advanced his cultivation while Bai Family Stockade prepared for the attack. When the tide reached Flying Goose Pass, the Savage People suffered heavy losses and began retreating as Shen Xuan quietly withdrew to observe.

• Shangguan Yan'er asked Shen Xuan to leave with her, but he refused and rebuked her for treating their relationship as a bargain.
• Shen Xuan rejected Hou Jing’s offer to join the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce and stayed in his room refining the Ice Frost Snow Dragon’s Essence Blood.
• After a month, Shen Xuan reached the fourth revolution of the [Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation] as the Small Beast Tide broke out.
• Bai Tiancheng brought Shen Xuan to Flying Goose Pass, where Savage People archers and warriors fought waves of Monster Beasts, including Great Earth Yao Bears.
• Bai Tiancheng joined the battle and helped the surviving warriors retreat into the pass, but Monster Beasts climbed over the wall and continued the assault.
• Shen Xuan concealed his aura and slipped away from the fight, believing the worst battle was still ahead.

Shen Xuan watched the Beast Tide devastate Flying Goose Pass, then continued cultivating as Bai Family Stockade prepared its next defense. At Wusheng Pass, Shangguan Yan’er was trapped by two Bloodthirsty Forest Leopards and nearly killed, but an unknown cultivator’s Transparent Ice Fish shielded her at the last moment.

• At dusk, the Monster Beasts withdrew from Flying Goose Pass and feasted on the dead before Ghost Needle Yao Ants consumed the remaining beasts and corpses.
• Shen Xuan returned to his room to cultivate, and seven days later Flying Goose Ridge fell after Bai Family Stockade committed its main forces to the defense.
• Bai Family Stockade deployed its elite warriors and Tianfu Chamber of Commerce cultivators to defend Wusheng Pass against the advancing Beast Tide.
• Shangguan Yan’er led three clan members to reinforce a section of the wall, where two Bloodthirsty Forest Leopards ambushed and killed all three companions.
• The Bloodthirsty Forest Leopards cornered Shangguan Yan’er and knocked away her Phoenix Wing Flying Sword, but a Transparent Ice Fish shielded her from their claws.

Shen Xuan broke through to the Golden Body Realm by refining the Ice Frost Snow Jiao’s Essence Blood, then shared a night of wine and intimacy with Shangguan Yan’er. The chapter left the two together in Shen Xuan’s room after Shangguan Yan’er learned he was a Qingyun Sect disciple.

• Shen Xuan reached the Golden Body Realm, advanced [Nine Revolutions True Spirit Transformation] to the fifth revolution, and tested his strengthened body skills.
• Shangguan Yan’er visited Shen Xuan and asked whether he had used Ice Methods to save her at Wusheng Pass; Shen Xuan confirmed that he had helped her.
• Shangguan Yan’er explained that she could not marry into another family because she had vowed to revive the Shangguan Family, then invited Shen Xuan to share Daughter Red Spirit Wine.
• While drinking, Shangguan Yan’er deduced that Shen Xuan was a Qingyun Sect disciple and learned that Shen Fei was not his real name.
• Shangguan Yan’er became tipsy and leaned on Shen Xuan, and the two spent the night together.

Shen Xuan helped Shangguan Yan'er defend Wusheng Pass while the two grew closer, and he broke through to the Sixth Revolution of the [Nine Turns True Spirit Art]. After Bai Family Stockade withdrew from Wusheng Pass, Bai Tiancheng summoned Shen Xuan to Heaven Gate Pass to fight three powerful Monster Beast kings.

• Shen Xuan accompanied Shangguan Yan'er to Wusheng Pass and secretly helped her section of the wall repel Monster Beasts, earning her Battle Merit.
• Shen Xuan and Shangguan Yan'er spent the following nights together, and she learned that his body-refining strength was extraordinary.
• During the defense of Wusheng Pass, Shen Xuan broke through to the Sixth Revolution and discovered he could use the Ice Frost Snow Flood Dragon's Bloodline Talent Skills in his transformed state.
• After Wusheng Pass held for eight days, a Messaging Talisman informed Shen Xuan and Shangguan Yan'er that Bai Family Stockade was retreating to Heaven Gate Pass.
• Bai Tiancheng asked Shen Xuan to help Old Master Bai face the Thunder Beast King, the Cracking Wind Eagle King, and the Earth Bear King, and Shen Xuan used divination before accepting the challenge.

At Heaven Gate Pass, the Bai Family Stockade battled the Beast Tide as Nie Yong and Old Master Bai fought the Earth Bear and Cracking Wind Eagle leaders. Shen Xuan confronted the Thunder Beast pack in his Lightning Protection Treasure Robe, and five Thunder Arcs struck him as the chapter ended.

• Old Master Bai explained the three major threats, and Nie Yong volunteered to fight the Great Earth Yao Bear while Shen Xuan took on the Thunder Beast King.
• Nie Yong fought the giant Earth Bear, wounded it repeatedly, and drove it and the other beasts into retreat.
• Old Master Bai repelled the Cracking Wind Eagles with divine fire and Lightning Spirit Pearls, then forced their giant leader to flee.
• More than twenty Second-Order Top Grade Thunder Beasts approached Heaven Gate Pass, and Shen Xuan flew out alone to meet them.
• Five Thunder Beasts unleashed Wrath of the Thunder God, and their pursuing Thunder Arcs struck Shen Xuan as he held the Ice Soul Divine Sword.

Shen Xuan demonstrated that his Lightning Protection Treasure Robe could withstand the Thunder Beasts’ attacks, then drove their horde into retreat with his Thunder Talisman Spirit Array. He pursued the fleeing Thunder Beast King, while the people at Heaven Gate Pass watched in astonishment and celebrated the likely end of the Beast Tide.

• Shen Xuan endured the Thunder Beasts’ Wrath of the Thunder Gods attacks without injury, then broke the Thunder Beast King’s Yao Qi shield with his sword.
• Shen Xuan summoned forty-nine Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Talismans, whose attacks scattered the Thunder Beast horde and sent the Thunder Beast King fleeing with the Lightning Escape Technique.
• Shen Xuan pursued the Thunder Beast King through the sky and struck at it with his Ice Soul Divine Sword’s Sword Intent, but the beast escaped again.
• The people atop Heaven Gate Pass watched Shen Xuan rout the strongest Monster Beast horde and rejoiced that the Beast Tide would soon retreat.
• Hou Jing and Shangguan Yan'er reached an agreement by voice transmission, while Old Master Bai and Nie Yong marveled at Shen Xuan’s strength.
• Old Master Bai and Nie Yong questioned why Shen Xuan kept pursuing the Thunder Beast King, realizing he seemed intent on killing it.

Shen Xuan nearly killed the Thunder Beast King before the Howling Moon Great King intervened and negotiated for his Lightning Protection Treasure Robe. After trading it for a Thunder Beast corpse, Shen Xuan returned to Bai Family Stockade, where Shangguan Yan’er and Hou Jing invited him to become a Guest Official of the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce.

• Shen Xuan trapped the Thunder Beast King with the Jianghai Myriad Waters Map, but the Howling Moon Great King’s pressure forced him to retreat to Heaven Gate Pass.
• The Bai Family Ancestor appeared and introduced Shen Xuan to the Howling Moon Great King, who returned the Jianghai Myriad Waters Map and asked to trade for his robe.
• Shen Xuan exchanged the Lightning Protection Treasure Robe for a Second-Order Top Grade Thunder Beast corpse.
• Shen Xuan returned to his guest room at Bai Family Stockade and planned to leave the next day.
• Shangguan Yan’er and Hou Jing visited Shen Xuan and invited him to serve as a Guest Official of the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce.

Half a year after leaving Bai Family Stockade, Shen Xuan advanced his Ice Method and Body Refining, building an arsenal that could overwhelm Foundation Establishment cultivators. Wary of the Howling Moon Fox and stronger forces, he chose to return to Qingyun Sect and turned his attention to the Purple Gold True Water Seal.

• Shen Xuan reached the Mastery Stage of the [Cave True Ice Heart Art] and tested his [Ice Snow Cold Domain] and [Extreme Cold Ice Blade].
• Shen Xuan reflected on refusing the Tianfu Chamber of Commerce’s Guest Official offer and offered to help Shangguan Yan’er’s family relocate near Qingyun Immortal City.
• Shen Xuan assessed his strengthened cultivation, bloodline abilities, and treasures, concluding that he could sweep through the Foundation Establishment Realm but could not face a False Core True Person.
• After recalling the danger posed by the Howling Moon Fox, Shen Xuan decided to stop hunting near Ice Lake and return to the sect to refine the Ice Frost Snow Jiao and Thunder Beast Essence Blood.
• Shen Xuan considered further ways to strengthen himself and focused on the Purple Gold True Water Seal.

Shen Xuan discussed his cultivation and plans with True Person Hanyu, then analyzed how Medicine God Valley's threats could turn the other Song State sects against it. With the crisis making travel dangerous, he asked his master for high-grade Water Yao Essence Blood for body refinement.

• Shen Xuan assessed his progress refining the Purple Gold True Water Seal and decided to seek high-grade Water Yao Essence Blood in East Sea Immortal City.
• Shen Xuan told True Person Hanyu he had leads on refining Foundation Purifying Pills himself, and she promised to support him if he encountered difficulties.
• True Person Hanyu showed Shen Xuan intelligence about Medicine God Valley's threats and its outreach to the Liang Kingdom Demonic Sect.
• Shen Xuan explained that Medicine God Valley's declining pill business and coercive tactics would likely unite Song State's sects against it.
• True Person Hanyu warned Shen Xuan that Medicine God Valley could target him if war erupted and urged him not to travel.
• Shen Xuan asked True Person Hanyu to provide high-grade Water Yao Essence Blood for his body refinement.

Shen Xuan agreed to compete in Qingyun Sect’s Minor Competition after True Person Hanyu promised that a top result might help him obtain Third-tier Water Monster Essence Blood. After Lone Peak True Person showed him the rewards list, Shen Xuan found Third-Rank Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood among the prizes and prepared to pursue it.

• True Person Hanyu said she could seek Second Rank, upper-grade Water Yao Essence Blood for Shen Xuan, but could not trade his Purple Yun Divine Wood Spirit Branches for Third-tier blood.
• True Person Hanyu asked Shen Xuan to compete in the Sect Minor Competition and win first place in the Reserve Group, mentioning that the Sect Treasury might offer Third-tier Water Monster Essence Blood.
• Shen Xuan read the competition rules and learned that the disciple with the most points could exchange them for a Third-tier Spirit Item or a Core Formation Spell Inheritance.
• Shen Xuan visited Lone Peak True Person to ask about the prizes, while Gu Jinqin suggested they find Xu Shaopeng and plan something together.
• Lone Peak True Person brought Shen Xuan a confidential rewards list, and he spotted Third-Rank Tiger-Faced Flood Dragon Essence Blood among the prizes.

Shen Xuan learned that the Sect Minor Competition offered valuable rewards through a points system and decided to pursue first place despite restrictions on external aids. After telling Gu Jinqin he had a strong chance of winning, he arranged for her to coordinate large but manageable bets with Xu Shaopeng, and she flew to Qingyun Immortal City with the Wu sisters to begin.

• Shen Xuan learned that Seed Group contestants earned three times as many points per victory as Reserve Group contestants and considered challenging the Seed Group.
• Shen Xuan told Lone Peak True Person he would compete without external aids and aimed to take the top spot.
• Gu Jinqin asked Shen Xuan whether he could make the top ten, and he said he had a sixty- or seventy-percent chance of winning first place.
• Gu Jinqin proposed betting heavily on Shen Xuan, and he gave her fifty thousand spirit stones while asking her to coordinate with Xu Shaopeng and keep the wagers manageable.
• Gu Jinqin left Little Solitary Peak with the Wu sisters and headed to Qingyun Immortal City to meet Xu Shaopeng.

The Qingyun Sect announced its first Technique Competition for Foundation Establishment Realm disciples, and Gu Jinqin and the Wu Sisters placed large bets on Shen Xuan to win. As the Reserve Group matches began, Shen Xuan took the stage against Zhang Baidao, whose unexpectedly deferential greeting left Shen Xuan wondering what he intended.

• The Qingyun Sect announced the competition and its rewards, prompting the Four Major Gambling Houses to open betting pools on the top ten and the champion.
• Gu Jinqin and the Wu Sisters wagered heavily on Shen Xuan, and the gambling houses closed their pools and raised the championship odds on other contenders.
• The competition began at Law Transmission Pavilion Square, where True Person Hanyu and other True Persons watched as Foundation Establishment Realm disciples gathered.
• Gu Jinqin and the Wu Sisters encouraged Shen Xuan to win the Reserve Group championship, while Jin Jincheng and other Golden Core Direct Disciples emerged as favorites.
• The stewards called Shen Xuan to the Third Performance Stage to face Zhang Baidao of Yuyang Peak, who greeted him with unusual courtesy.