Recaps

Qin Guan rewarded the Nan Family with Earth-Rank cultivation methods and precious supplies, then offered Nan Qiao a method only if she knelt and apologized. The chapter left Nan Qiao and Yang Hongmei facing his demand in a tense silence.

• Qin Guan gave Nan Yunqi a high-grade Earth-Rank cultivation method and rewarded Jia Quan and Nan Chang with intermediate Earth-Rank techniques.
• Qin Guan let the remaining Nan Family disciples copy a low-grade Earth-Rank method and handed Nan Yunqi a Storage Bag of spirit herbs, pills, and other treasures.
• Nan Rou reminded Qin Guan that Nan Qiao had received nothing, and Yang Hongmei apologized before asking him to give her daughter a cultivation method.
• Qin Guan told Nan Qiao he would give her a method only if she knelt and apologized, leaving the hall in silence.

Qin Guan rewarded Nan Qiao with an Ice Element cultivation method and reassured the Nan Family that he would handle Spirit Sword Academy. He gave Nan Rou an Earth tier cultivation method, and the chapter ended with the two growing closer at home.

• Qin Guan stopped Nan Qiao from kneeling and gave her a High-grade Profound tier Ice Spirit Art.
• Nan Qiao thanked Qin Guan, and he told her she could ask him for help cultivating.
• Qin Guan promised Nan Yunqi and the Nan Family that he would deal with Spirit Sword Academy, then left with Nan Rou.
• Nan Rou thanked Qin Guan for saving and uniting her family, and Qin Guan advised her not to be overly kind.
• Qin Guan gave Nan Rou a low-grade Earth tier Xuan Yuan Art, and she embraced him gratefully.
• Nan Rou noticed Qin Guan's arousal and blushed.

Qin Guan asked Jiang Lianyue to help the Nan Family rebuild its cultivation chamber, but learned the family lacked the funds. He sent Old Mo to recover assets stolen by the traitorous elders, while Jiang Lianyue valued Nan Yunqi's spiritual materials at around thirty million.

• Qin Guan asked Jiang Lianyue to arrange a new cultivation chamber for the Nan Family, and she offered to waive the formation master's fee for Nan Rou's sake.
• Nan Yunqi told Qin Guan that the Nan Family had little money and could not retrieve its stolen assets because of the Spirit Sword Academy's threat.
• Qin Guan summoned Old Mo and ordered him to accompany Nan Yunqi to the Xiao Family and recover the assets taken by the two elders.
• Qin Guan urged Nan Yunqi to reclaim the Nan Family's property and said he needn't fear the Spirit Sword Academy.
• Nan Yunqi showed Jiang Lianyue a Storage Bag of spiritual materials, and she estimated they could sell for about thirty million.

Chen Guanxiang recounted how the Cloud Mist Sect had framed him and forced him to flee, then joined Qin Guan after Qin accepted him. After Jiang Lianyue left to arrange a cultivation room, Nan Yunqi questioned Qin Guan about his closeness with her and thanked him for helping the Nan Family.

• Chen Guanxiang explained that Zhao Zhijian had protected Jiang Long, framed Chen and Qin, and driven Chen to escape after Zheng Wanshou cut off his arm.
• Chen Guanxiang asked to serve Qin Guan, and Qin accepted him; Nan Yunqi welcomed him into the Nan Family and gave him a Primordial Return Pill.
• Nan Yunqi arranged a quiet courtyard for Chen Guanxiang to recover.
• Jiang Lianyue said she would send people to build a cultivation room and prepared to leave, while Nan Rou escorted her out as a new sworn sister.
• Nan Yunqi asked Qin Guan whether he was having an affair with Jiang Lianyue, and Qin denied it and criticized his father-in-law's judgment.
• Nan Yunqi argued that Rou'er was Qin Guan's wife, then thanked him for protecting the Nan Family and helping him keep his position as Family Head.

Nan Rou defended Qin Guan when Nan Yunqi insulted him, and Qin Guan reassured her. Meanwhile, Nan Yunqi went with Old Mo and two companions to the Xiao Family to find Nan Shunda and Nan Yuantong, who refused to return to the Nan Family as they expected Spirit Sword Academy to come after Qin Guan.

• Nan Rou angrily defended Qin Guan against Nan Yunqi, and Qin Guan let her know he was not upset when she stood up for him.
• Jiang Lianyue sent five formation masters to build cultivation chambers for the Nan Family.
• Old Mo, two companions, and Nan Yunqi went to the Xiao Family to look for Nan Shunda and Nan Yuantong.
• Old Mo smashed the Xiao Family's gate and fought past its guards, prompting Xiao Yeshan to confront the intruders.
• Nan Shunda and Nan Yuantong appeared with more than twenty Nan Family disciples and refused Nan Yunqi's request to return, expecting Spirit Sword Academy to pursue Qin Guan.

The Nan Family celebrated the completion of its new training facility and learned of Nan Qiao's rapid cultivation progress. Their excitement turned to alarm when a Peak Attainment Realm man and a White Clad Youth from the Spirit Sword Academy arrived in the sky.

• Nan Qiao told Nan Yunqi that she had reached Qi Refining Great Perfection and credited her progress to the Profound Rank Ice Spirit Art Qin Guan gave her.
• The five formation masters showed the Nan Family the completed training facility and explained its training rooms and cultivation room.
• The Nan Family praised the new facility, recognizing that Qin Guan's actions had made its construction possible.
• Qin Guan, Old Mo, Chen Guanxiang, and the others watched as a middle-aged man and a White Clad Youth in Spirit Sword Academy uniforms hovered nearby.
• Nan Yunqi and the others recognized that the middle-aged man's ability to hover indicated at least Peak Attainment Realm cultivation.

Qin Guan confronted Yan Rong and Spirit Sword Academy at the Nan Family grounds, where he revealed he could use Sword Qi and killed Xiao Yeshan. Su Lie stepped forward to challenge Qin Guan and demanded his Soul Sword and Nan Rou and Nan Qiao, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Jiang Lianyue told Elder Xu to protect the Nan Family if necessary rather than help Qin Guan fight Spirit Sword Academy.
• Yan Rong questioned Qin Guan about killing Cang Yuan, and Qin Guan claimed he was a Sword Cultivator.
• Qin Guan killed Xiao Yeshan with a sword strike, shocking the gathered forces with his use of Spiritual Power.
• An elder from the Xiao Family claimed Qin Guan had gained a Supreme Treasure in the Secret Realm, and Qin Guan invited anyone who wanted his treasures to take them.
• Yan Rong called on Qin Guan to reveal his backer, and Qin Guan pointed to Old Mo, Chen Guanxiang, and the other two experts behind him.
• Su Lie approached Qin Guan, demanded his Soul Sword and Nan Rou and Nan Qiao, and Qin Guan challenged him to take them.

Qin Guan killed Su Lie, then vanished after Yan Rong's devastating attack, leaving the Nan Family to believe he had pursued Yan Rong. The Cloud Mist Sect arrived to confront Qin Guan, unaware that he was gone.

• Qin Guan beheaded Su Lie before Yan Rong attacked him with Raging Sword Tsunami.
• The Nan Family found Su Lie's headless corpse and realized it was not Qin Guan.
• Chen Guanxiang guessed Qin Guan had gone after the missing Yan Rong and urged Nan Yunqi to deal with the Xiao Family.
• Zhao Zhijian arrived with Cloud Mist Sect members, including Jiang Long and A Liang, and demanded to know where Qin Guan was.

Jiang Lianyue and Nan Yunqi led the Nan Family into battle against the Xiao Family and Cloud Mist Sect, surprising onlookers with their Profound tier techniques while rival factions waited to seize the spoils. Meanwhile, Qin Guan chased Yan Rong through the mountains, and Yan Rong’s apparent escape ended when a small hill flew toward him.

• Jiang Lianyue took command of the Nan Family fighters, while Nan Rou warned Nan Yunqi that watching factions might covet their Profound tier techniques.
• Jiang Long led more than fifty fighters in an attack, and Nan Yunqi’s group countered with unexpectedly powerful techniques and skills.
• Observers, including the Song Family, considered waiting for the combatants to weaken before moving in to claim their treasures.
• Qin Guan pursued Yan Rong through the mountains as Yan Rong fled toward Spirit Sword Academy.
• Yan Rong stopped in midair after losing sight of Qin Guan, then turned toward a crash and saw a small hill flying at him.

Qin Guan killed Yan Rong and encountered Black Dragon, a Guardian Elder of the Cloud Mist Sect, who was on his way back from searching for Qin Guan at the Nan Family. After learning this, Qin Guan killed Black Dragon and hurried toward the Nan Family.

• Qin Guan killed Yan Rong and took his Storage Bag, finding a Jade Bone Immortal Orchid Grass among his possessions.
• The Black Robe Elder stopped Qin Guan on the road and demanded his Soul Sword and other valuables.
• Qin Guan used his speed and strength to withstand the Black Robe Elder's attacks and break his fist.
• The Black Robe Elder revealed that he was Black Dragon, a Guardian Elder of the Cloud Mist Sect, and had gone to the Nan Family to look for Qin Guan.
• Qin Guan killed Black Dragon, took his Storage Bag, and hurried toward the Nan Family.

Nan Yunqi tried to bargain for the Nan Family’s survival, but Zhao Zhijian refused as the besieged family’s defenses weakened. The Cloud Mist Sect announced that Protector Black Dragon had arrived, leaving Nan Yunqi and the others facing imminent defeat.

• Nan Yunqi offered Zhao Zhijian a Mysterious Tier High-Grade palm technique in exchange for releasing Nan Chang and another captive, but Nan Shunda cut off Nan Chang’s left hand.
• Nan Chang defended Qin Guan as the Nan Family’s son-in-law, and Nan Yuantong ground his foot into Nan Chang’s wound.
• Nan Yunqi demanded that Zhao Zhijian send the others away, but Zhao refused and threatened to kill everyone in the Nan Family.
• A Cloud Mist Sect disciple reported that Protector Black Dragon was approaching, and Zhao Zhijian laughed as the sensing stone grew brighter.
• A Liang taunted Nan Yunqi’s group, Jiang Long leered at Nan Rou and Nan Qiao, and the disciple announced that Protector Black Dragon had arrived.

Qin Guan revealed that he had opened the Life Gate and used its power to defeat the attackers who had ambushed the Nan Family. He drained their life force while healing the wounded, and Nan Rou returned to help the immobile Chen Guanxiang.

• Qin Guan told Nan Yunqi that the Black Dragon Protector was dead and learned that the attackers had ambushed the Nan Family.
• Qin Guan opened the Life Gate, revealed himself as a Fifth Realm Martial Cultivator, and pulled Zhao Zhijian and the other attackers toward him.
• Qin Guan used Life Return to restore Jia Quan and Nan Chang's severed limbs while draining the attackers' life force.
• Qin Guan called the injured Nan Family members and Heavenly Treasure Pavilion members over for healing, warning that using the Life Gate exhausted him.
• Nan Rou returned to help Chen Guanxiang, who was unable to move because of his severe injuries.

After the Nan Family’s traitors and their allies were defeated, Nan Yunqi struggled to decide whether to spare the people who had betrayed him, but Qin Guan ordered them killed. In the aftermath, Jiang Lianyue asked Qin Guan how he would repay the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for its help.

• Nan Shunda and Nan Yuantong begged Qin Guan and Nan Yunqi for mercy, while Nan Yunqi condemned them as traitors and rejected their threats about the family’s future.
• Several Nan Family disciples who had joined the Xiao Family also pleaded to return, but Jia Quan and other family members urged Nan Yunqi not to forgive them.
• Qin Guan ordered that none of the enemies be left alive, and Chen Guanxiang, Old Mo, Jia Quan, Nan Chang, and the others killed the attackers from Cloud Mist Sect, the Xiao Family, the Song Family, and other forces.
• Nan Yunqi ordered the battlefield cleared and the bodies disposed of after the courtyard filled with the dead.
• In the main hall, Jiang Lianyue reminded Qin Guan that the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had risked much to help, and Nan Rou thanked her for protecting the family with a Defense Formation.
• Qin Guan said the ordeal had been a valuable trial for the Nan Family disciples, while Jiang Lianyue urged him to show how sincere his gratitude was.

Jiang Lianyue resisted being used in a marriage alliance with the Shen Family, while Qin Guan advanced his cultivation using Spirit Stones. The chapter left Qin Guan weighing how to develop his Acupoints after the Little Black Tower explained the cultivation art’s demands.

• Elder Xu told Jiang Lianyue that the Old Pavilion Master wanted her to meet Shen Huan and pursue a marriage alliance, but she objected to being treated as a bargaining chip.
• Qin Guan cultivated with Spirit Stones as the Nan Family absorbed rival clans’ businesses and became Luyun City’s strongest first-rate clan, despite threats from Spirit Sword Academy and Cloud Mist Sect.
• After three days of cultivation, Qin Guan had opened the Shenmen, Neiguan, and Shaohai Acupoints, while expanding his Laogong Acupoint and using up most of his Spirit Stones.
• The Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that mastering the incomplete cultivation art would take at least seven or eight years and explained the tradeoffs between opening all 108 Acupoints first and developing them one by one.

Qin Guan agreed to help Little Black Tower heal its Dao Injury with Chaos Qi in exchange for help growing stronger. Little Black Tower revealed the deal it had made with Qin Guan's Master, then brought Qin Guan inside, where he discovered a strange black portal emitting Demonic Qi.

• Little Black Tower proposed trading help with Qin Guan's cultivation for Chaos Qi to heal its injuries, and Qin Guan gave it a wisp.
• Little Black Tower explained that Qin Guan's Master had discovered his Chaos Body and arranged for it to protect Qin Guan in exchange for help healing its Dao Injury.
• Little Black Tower brought Qin Guan inside, where he found a vast, eerie space covered in rune-carved black stone slabs.
• Qin Guan sensed Demonic Qi coming from a black portal and asked Little Black Tower what it was.

The Cloud Mist Sect debated retaliating against Qin Guan and the Nan Family, but Zheng Wanshou’s father urged them to wait and let Spirit Sword Academy act first. At Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, Jiang Lianyue argued that Qin Guan was far stronger than her grandfather believed.

• A man urged Dean to have Pei Gan spare Qin Guan while killing everyone connected to him.
• Zheng Wanshou considered attacking Qin Guan and the Nan Family, but his father arrived and ordered him to hold back.
• Zheng Wanshou agreed to wait for Spirit Sword Academy to make the first move, while a middle-aged man privately mocked him.
• Jiang Lianyue argued with her grandfather that Qin Guan was stronger than Shen Huan and might exceed the Fifth Realm, but he dismissed the possibility.

Qin Guan sought Spirit Stones to fuel Little Black Tower and asked the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to sell his treasures, but Luyun City lacked buyers and had few Spirit Stones available. He returned to Nan Rou, leaving his plans to obtain more cultivation resources unresolved.

• Qin Guan brought the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion a Storage Bag containing pills, Soul Weapons, and Earth-rank techniques and skills to sell for Spirit Stones.
• Nan Yunqi offered to provide Spirit Stones, but Qin Guan told him to focus on the Nan Family business and said the Spirit Sword Academy and Cloud Mist Sect would soon bring money.
• The Heavenly Treasure Pavilion manager explained that Luyun City had no buyers wealthy enough for Qin Guan's treasures and recommended auctioning them in the Imperial Capital.
• Qin Guan asked Nan Yunqi to find him about a hundred Spirit Stones, but the manager said even the pavilion had only twenty in stock.
• Qin Guan returned to his room and found Nan Rou sewing warm clothes for him; she offered to peel his apple.

Qin Guan warned Nan Rou to conceal her Taiyin Sacred Body, cultivation, and trump cards, then checked her progress and helped her practice fighting. The chapter ended with Qin Guan explaining how she should use her strengths against Martial Cultivators.

• Qin Guan told Nan Rou not to reveal her trump cards, Taiyin Sacred Body, or cultivation level, and she promised to keep her secret.
• Nan Rou and Qin Guan practiced Dual Cultivation, and Nan Rou broke through to the First Heaven of the Spirit Refining Realm.
• Qin Guan checked Nan Rou's foundation and found it sound, while Nan Rou said she understood the Xuan Yuan Art and had faced no cultivation difficulties.
• Qin Guan sparred with Nan Rou, easily disarmed her, and pointed out her lack of combat experience.
• Qin Guan advised Nan Rou to keep Martial Cultivators at a distance and use Spiritual Power, techniques, and other ranged attacks against them.

Qin Guan rescued Nan Qiao from a cultivation backlash and discovered that her injuries had badly damaged her foundation, meridians, and dantian. Nan Qiao woke in his arms with conflicted feelings, then learned the severity of her condition.

• Qin Guan entered the freezing cultivation room and used Gang Qi to suppress Nan Qiao’s chaotic qi and melt the ice encasing her.
• Yang Hongmei helped Qin Guan carry the weakened Nan Qiao back to her room, where Nan Qiao woke and realized her mother and brother-in-law had saved her.
• Nan Qiao remembered rejecting Qin Guan before he became her brother-in-law and silently regretted her choice as he carried her through the night.
• Qin Guan examined Nan Qiao and found severe damage to her foundation and meridians, along with cracks in her dantian.
• Nan Qiao turned deathly pale when Qin Guan explained that her dantian injury could leave her cultivation stagnant or reduce her to a cripple.

Qin Guan used Chaos Qi to heal Nan Qiao's damaged arm, dantian, and meridians, leaving her injuries much improved but requiring more treatment. The next day, Nan Yunqi, Nan Rou, and the others visited Nan Qiao, while Yang Hongmei remarked that Qin Guan's careful treatment had prevented a disaster.

• Yang Hongmei asked Qin Guan if he had found a way to treat Nan Qiao, and he said he had.
• Qin Guan used Spiritual Power infused with Chaos Qi to heal Nan Qiao's arm, restoring its movement.
• Qin Guan rubbed Nan Qiao's lower abdomen to treat her dantian, stopping when Little Black Tower warned that more Chaos Qi could harm her.
• Qin Guan treated Nan Qiao's other damaged meridians and told her to rest, explaining that her dantian would need two or three more days of treatment.
• The next day, Nan Yunqi, Nan Rou, and the others visited Nan Qiao, and Yang Hongmei said Qin Guan's careful treatment had prevented something terrible.

Yang Hongmei convinced Nan Yunqi to consider having Nan Qiao marry Qin Guan to secure the Nan Family’s ties to him. Meanwhile, Qin Guan accidentally broke the restriction on the Little Black Tower’s second floor, releasing the Netherworld Dog, and tried to appease it with Chaos Qi.

• Yang Hongmei urged Nan Yunqi to arrange for Nan Qiao to marry Qin Guan so the Nan Family would keep his support.
• Nan Yunqi agreed that Nan Qiao should build a relationship with Qin Guan gradually by asking him for cultivation advice.
• Qin Guan’s sword strike, strengthened with Chaos Qi, accidentally broke the restriction on the Little Black Tower’s second floor.
• The Netherworld Dog came through the light gate and confronted Qin Guan, calling him a despicable human.
• Qin Guan offered the Netherworld Dog a wisp of Chaos Qi to keep it from taking over the first floor, angering the Little Black Tower.

Qin Guan persuaded the injured Netherworld Dog to stay with him by promising to use Chaos Qi to heal it. The Netherworld Dog left the tower and, after five hundred years of imprisonment, stepped outside into the daylight.

• Qin Guan offered the Netherworld Dog Chaos Qi and suggested they take revenge on the old man together, while Little Black Tower warned them against provoking him.
• Little Black Tower released the Netherworld Dog from the tower, and it appeared in Qin Guan's father-in-law's cultivation room.
• Qin Guan warned the Netherworld Dog that the place was guarded by a wisp of the old man's soul, so the dog decided not to linger there.
• Qin Guan reminded the Netherworld Dog that its injuries and damaged foundation needed Chaos Qi to heal, persuading it to stay and help him.
• Qin Guan led the Netherworld Dog outside, where it rejoiced at seeing daylight for the first time in over five hundred years.

Qin Guan finished treating Nan Qiao’s dantian injury, but she confessed that she still loved him and asked for another chance. He rejected her, saying he only loved Rou’er and urging Nan Qiao to seek someone else.

• Nan Rou praised Little Nether for fetching her a chair and ordered Qin Guan to give the dog extra stew after learning it had been injured.
• Qin Guan visited Nan Qiao and completed the final treatment that healed her dantian.
• Nan Qiao hugged Qin Guan from behind and confessed that she regretted turning down their former betrothal.
• Qin Guan pulled free and rejected Nan Qiao, telling her that his heart belonged to Rou’er.

After the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion cut ties with the Nan Family, Qin Guan retaliated by forbidding anyone in Luyun City from working with or shopping at the pavilion. Chen Guangling expected Spirit Sword Academy’s arrival to let him crush the Nan Family, while he and Chen Shaojie discussed taking Nan Qiao for the Chen Family.

• Qin Guan read Jiang Lianyue’s warning that Spirit Sword Academy had sent a Sixth Realm Sword Venerable and a formation master to find him.
• Nan Yunqi told Qin Guan that the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion had canceled its business with the Nan Family and barred others from working with them.
• Qin Guan ordered the Nan Family to threaten anyone who continued doing business with the pavilion and to punish its customers after three days.
• Chen Guangling told his managers to avoid acting until Spirit Sword Academy arrived, then promised Chen Shaojie the Nan Family would soon disappear from Luyun City.
• Chen Shaojie asked his father to leave Nan Rou and Nan Qiao to him, and Chen Guangling said Nan Qiao’s Yin Spirit Body could benefit the Chen Family.

Qin Guan fought off Pei Gan’s sword attacks and proved strong enough to seize and hold both swords. Pei Gan and Hong Luan remained in the air, preparing to take Qin Guan to the academy while the Nan Family watched in alarm.

• Qin Guan punched Pei Gan’s Great Sword out of the sky and caught it with one hand.
• Pei Gan and Hong Luan descended from the Cloud Layer after Qin Guan called them out.
• Qin Guan provoked Pei Gan, who restrained himself because Hong Luan reminded him of the dean’s order to take Qin Guan to the academy.
• Pei Gan sent a flying sword toward Qin Guan, but Qin Guan caught it between two fingers.
• Pei Gan tried to retrieve both swords, but Qin Guan knocked the Great Sword back down and held onto both weapons.