Chapter Summaries

Fang Yue stayed at the inn to cultivate while Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu also stayed behind, claiming she would practice Lin Ling’s mind method. Fang Yue successfully cultivated Disk Tree Mind Method, becoming a wood-type Martial Artist and preparing to eventually learn Lord Han’s Ice Condensation Mind Method.

• Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu told Fang Yue she had been practicing Lin Ling’s mind method on her own and went upstairs to cultivate.
• Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu said Bai Daya was with Qing Chen and Lord Han, who were examining her condition.
• Fang Yue began cultivating Disk Tree Mind Method, relying on Night’s Breath to recover from the strain of switching mind methods.
• Fang Yue took pills and burned Lifespan to stabilize the clashing internal force, successfully raising Disk Tree Mind Method to Level 1.
• Fang Yue formed and dismissed a green condensed blade, then checked his status and found he had 24 years and 2 months of Lifespan.

Fang Yue mastered the first layers of the Disk Tree Mind Method and Night Flow Mind Method overnight, but the methods rapidly consumed his lifespan. When an alarm sounded over dark clouds converging on Qingsi County, he joined You Sisi and several nearby sect masters to investigate, while Tian Er Jun remained away.

• Fang Yue's [Black Rain] curse burned his hand and disrupted his cultivation, so he continued practicing the Night Flow Mind Method after the mark settled.
• Dark clouds from across the Black Green Mountain Range converged toward Qingsi County, and a Qing Guard sounded the alarm as one approached against the wind.
• Fang Yue cultivated the Night Flow Mind Method to its first layer, reached the Xiantian Realm requirements, and comprehended Innate Qi Shield, though the mind methods rapidly drained his lifespan.
• Fang Yue hurried to the alarm and found You Sisi with several sect masters, who introduced themselves and praised his reputation as Night Baiyi.
• Fang Yue asked whether Tian Er Jun had returned, and You Sisi explained that he would not be back until the following morning at the earliest.

Fang Yue and You Sisi prepared Qingsi County for a strange dark cloud that might bring Night Rain, while Fang Yue’s marked hand began to burn. You Sisi treated his wound with Ice-cooling Injury Pills and gave him her cooling handkerchief.

• Fang Yue greeted the summoned sect leaders and heard their concerns about the dark cloud moving against the wind.
• You Sisi dismissed the sect leaders’ suggestion to use Qingsi County’s siege crossbow and ordered everyone to investigate the cloud and prepare for Night Rain.
• The dark cloud drifted past the city gates toward Qingsi County as residents took shelter and watched it approach.
• Fang Yue’s marked right hand burned and charred beneath the eaves, and You Sisi noticed and treated the wound with Ice-cooling Injury Pills.
• You Sisi gave Fang Yue her cooling handkerchief, and Fang Yue recognized it was not ordinary.

A dark cloud stopped above Fang Yue, You Sisi, and the others in Qingsi County, prompting them to bring out a giant siege crossbow to investigate. After the bolts passed through the cloud without revealing anything, You Sisi ventured outside and declared the area safe to leave, though the cloud remained overhead.

• Cun Yue noticed the dark cloud had entered Qingsi County, and the group initially thought it would pass through until it stopped directly above them.
• Fang Yue suggested a strange creature might be controlling the cloud and offered to test it, but You Sisi refused to let him go.
• You Sisi called for the Azure Office to bring over a giant siege crossbow, and its five bolts pierced the cloud without finding anything inside.
• You Sisi ran out from beneath the cloud unharmed, then told everyone they could leave and said the Azure Office would cordon off the area and monitor it.
• The others rushed out from beneath the cloud.

Dark clouds summoned by the bizarre curse [Black Rain] followed Fang Yue and trapped him inside a house, while the Qing Guard and You Sisi organized a response. Fang Yue urged You Sisi to lead Qingsi County’s villagers to safety as Qing Chen and Lord Han searched for a way to help him.

• Fang Yue discovered that the dark clouds had followed him into the street, causing the villagers and sect leaders to flee from him.
• Lord Han and the others realized the clouds were locked onto Fang Yue, and lightning struck outside the house when he suggested he was safe inside.
• You Sisi gave Captain Wu her Green Robe Token and left him in temporary command while she stayed with Fang Yue.
• Captain Wu established an isolation zone around Fang Yue as the dark clouds continued to follow him.
• Fang Yue urged You Sisi to rally the villagers and lead them to the refuge area while a few people watched over him.

You Sisi led the villagers into the shelter while Qing Chen and Lord Han prepared an experiment to restore Lord Han’s strength and help Fang Yue survive the night. The procedure began that evening, with Lord Han awake and guiding Qing Chen through the delicate operation.

• You Sisi left Fang Yue’s side and directed the villagers into the shelter area.
• Qing Chen and Lord Han reported no progress on Fang Yue’s condition but developed a theory about Lord Han’s physical state.
• Lord Han urged Qing Chen to test the theory immediately, hoping to regain strength before Fang Yue’s condition worsened.
• Qing Chen gathered the materials, put Little Blood Dipper to sleep, and began operating on Lord Han while Lord Han remained conscious.
• Lord Han guided Qing Chen through the incisions, correcting his technique and reassuring him when bleeding occurred.

Qing Chen completed a risky procedure to combine Lord Han with Little Bloodfight, but both appeared dead afterward. Meanwhile, Fang Yue continued training under the dark cloud’s threat and still could not master [Shadow Stepping Footwork] as two dark clouds approached.

• Qing Chen operated on Little Bloodfight, releasing its seal and attaching Lord Han’s head to its body in an attempt to combine their powers.
• Qing Chen finished the procedure at dawn, but Lord Han and Little Bloodfight showed no signs of life, and he collapsed after hearing a bark.
• Fang Yue spent the morning practicing [Shadow Stepping Footwork] inside the house and blamed his lack of progress on the cramped space.
• Fang Yue’s right hand healed overnight under [Night's Breath], but the curse began bleeding again after daylight returned.
• Fang Yue trained until noon without mastering [Shadow Stepping Footwork], while two dark clouds moved toward him.

Fang Yue endured the worsening [Night Rain] curse while training to master the Dark Moon Blade Technique, as You Sisi feared he would die and searched for Qing Chen and Lord Han. Captain Wu returned You Sisi’s [Green Robe Token] and offered to take her to Lord Han and the others.

• Fang Yue’s palm was burned and corroded by [Night Rain], then regenerated at sunset, and he resolved to master the Dark Moon Blade Technique that night.
• Six more dark clouds gathered above Fang Yue, turning a widening area around him into a forbidden zone.
• You Sisi tried to reach Fang Yue, but Jade White Robe stopped her and suggested using Fang Yue and [Night Rain] to destroy monsters.
• You Sisi returned to the Qing Division and asked Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu about Qing Chen and Lord Han, but she had not seen them.
• Captain Wu returned You Sisi’s [Green Robe Token] and said he would take her to Lord Han and the others.

You Sisi and the others visited Qing Chen and Lord Han, who had succeeded in letting Lord Han borrow Little Blood Dipper’s body. Lord Han explained how the arrangement could help him fight and support Little Ye, then asked You Sisi to spread the news while he and Qing Chen recovered.

• Captain Wu warned You Sisi, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu, and Bai Daya to prepare themselves before bringing them to the medicinal herb storeroom.
• The group found Qing Chen with a two-headed Little Blood Dipper, whose second head was Lord Han, and Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu feared Qing Chen had harmed him.
• Lord Han explained that he could take control of Little Blood Dipper and combine the dog’s body, strange power, his Origin Power, and the Seven Seals Short Sword to gain strength in battle.
• Lord Han said the new arrangement was an early step toward helping everyone, especially Little Ye, against the strange curse [Dark Rain].
• Lord Han asked You Sisi to spread the news while he and Qing Chen rested and recovered.

Lord Han regained enough strength to fight, and the group planned to shelter Fang Yue from the black clouds in the underground stronghold during the coming battle. On the third morning, Tian Er Jun returned with reinforcements and learned that Qingsi County was still standing, while a note from the author interrupted the story.

• Lord Han estimated that his strength had fallen to somewhere between Human-grade and Cloud-grade, but he could fight again.
• Captain Wu proposed moving Fang Yue into the underground stronghold after the strange army emerged, and Lord Han offered to protect him there.
• Fang Yue agreed casually to the plan while practicing his blade technique, and You Sisi spent the night moving the remaining villagers into shelter.
• Tian Er Jun returned with a long line of people and asked You Sisi whether Qingsi County had fallen to the strange creatures.
• You Sisi explained the situation, and Tian Er Jun relaxed after learning Fang Yue was mostly all right.

You Sisi received the sects that answered Qingsi County’s Summoning Sect Order and learned that five newcomer sects had refused to help. She condemned their defiance, while Tian Er Jun intervened after her blunt question about the assembled sect leaders’ strength, and they headed into Qingsi County to discuss the crisis.

• Bei Dan introduced himself as a Guardian of the Blazing Fire Sect and considered how to secure his sect’s interests under You Sisi’s leadership.
• The sect representatives greeted You Sisi, and she noticed that five sects were missing.
• Tian Er Jun named the Yue Ma Sect, the Shao Fu Sect, and three other sects that had refused the Summoning Sect Order.
• You Sisi declared that the five sects would have no place in the Qing Kingdom if Qingsi County survived, alarming the other representatives.
• You Sisi asked the sect leaders to disclose their cultivation levels and strengths, and Tian Er Jun apologized for her breach of protocol before leading everyone toward the Qing Office.

You Sisi and Tian Er Jun discussed the sect forces gathering in Qingsi County and the danger posed by Ye Baiyi’s black cloud, but neither could bring themselves to send Fang Yue away. As the sect members entered the county beneath the ominous clouds, Tian Long recalled how killing a Hengshan Sect disciple had driven him from his village and led him to discover the man was a wanted traitor.

• Tian Er Jun told You Sisi that the gathered forces included three Human-Rank experts, more than twenty Xiantian Realm experts, and elite Houtian Realm disciples.
• More dark clouds joined the mass above Qingsi County, and Tian Er Jun warned that [Night Rain] could devastate the county during the coming battle.
• You Sisi explained her plan for Ye Baiyi, but Tian Er Jun argued that Fang Yue should leave the county to protect its people; You Sisi could not agree to drive him out.
• The sect members entered Qingsi County under the roaring black cloud, alarmed by the threat of [Night Rain].
• Tian Long recalled accidentally killing a Hengshan Sect disciple while serving on his village's Guard Team, being expelled, and later learning the man had been a Hengshan Sect traitor.

Tian Long joined the Hengshan Sect and rose to inner disciple before joining its mission to support Qingsi County. After witnessing Fang Yue battle an unseen anomaly beneath the black cloud, Tian Long resolved to grow far stronger, while the Hengshan Sect master clashed with Elder Hei at the Qing Office.

• Tian Long used the token from the dead Hengshan Sect disciple to earn a place as an outer disciple, then trained until he became an inner disciple.
• The Hengshan Sect master praised Tian Long and sent him with the sect group to support Qingsi County under the Summoning Sect Order.
• Tian Long used Farseeing Eyes to watch Fang Yue fight an unseen anomaly beneath the black cloud, and Jade White Robe told him they could not help.
• After Senior Brother Jiang reprimanded him, Tian Long followed the group and decided to cultivate until he could match Fang Yue.
• At the Qing Office, the Hengshan Sect master demanded that a man be thrown out, and Elder Hei warned him to stop slamming the table.

You Sisi clashed with the Northern Guardian over the demand to send Ye Baiyi away, then left the meeting after Tian Er Jun agreed to let the sect leaders decide. As she walked, she recalled Jing Yan claiming that Ye Baiyi loved her and had turned away other women for her.

• Elder Hei and Sect Master Heng nearly fought until Tian Er Jun calmed them down.
• The Northern Guardian demanded that Ye Baiyi leave Qingsi County and threatened to withdraw the Blazing Fire Sect if the demand was refused.
• You Sisi stood up to the Northern Guardian, but Tian Er Jun stopped her from escalating the dispute after she invoked the You Family of Qingcheng.
• You Sisi left the meeting, and Tian Er Jun yielded the decision about Ye Baiyi to the sect leaders.
• You Sisi recalled Jing Yan telling her that Ye Baiyi liked her and had rejected other women because he was devoted to her.

Fang Yue reassured You Sisi that he would protect Qingsi County, but their conversation was interrupted by thunder and tremors. The underground outpost’s sealed formation then broke, and a chained human hand reached through the opening.

• Fang Yue told You Sisi he would protect Qingsi County, and she began to reveal that she knew his secret before thunder drowned her out.
• Repeated tremors shook the building, and Jade White Robe warned Fang Yue and You Sisi that the formation was about to break.
• Fang Yue and the others realized the danger was at the underground outpost.
• Tian Long and the sect disciples assembled at the outpost entrance, where seven layers of sealing formations had been set up.
• A violent impact split the ground, destroyed the remaining formations, and sent the formation personnel retreating.
• Tian Long prepared to fight as a chained human right hand reached through the crack.

The Coffin-pulling Anomaly emerged from the underground fissure, and Tian Er Jun, Sect Master Heng, Northern Guardian, and Elder Hei led the defense against it. Sect Master Heng landed a series of brutal blows that cracked the anomaly’s skull, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Coffin-pulling Anomaly emerged from the fissure dragging a White Bone Coffin, and Tian Er Jun and the three sect experts surrounded it.
• Sect Master Heng charged first but was struck and sent flying, prompting him to put on Vajra Rings.
• Northern Guardian, Elder Hei, Tian Er Jun, and Sect Master Heng attacked together, while a repeating crossbow volley pinned the anomaly with bolts.
• The anomaly whipped its chains around and knocked the attackers away, then pulled the bolts from its body and stood up.
• Sect Master Heng charged through the chains, grabbed several of them, punched the anomaly in the stomach, and smashed his head into its skull, cracking the bone as he laughed.

Tian Er Jun and the others initially suppressed the [Coffin-pulling Anomaly], but it suddenly grew stronger and caused heavy casualties before the anomaly army poured out of the underground outpost. The defenders split across two fronts and began to lose ground, while the chapter ended with Tian Long shouting after Senior Brother Jiang.

• The Northern Guardian, Elder Hei, and Tian Er Jun joined the fight while Sect Master Heng recovered, and their coordinated attacks briefly pinned down the [Coffin-pulling Anomaly].
• The [Coffin-pulling Anomaly] suddenly sped up, broke through the attacks, and charged into the crowd, killing many sect disciples and Qing Guard members.
• Sect Master Heng rejoined the battle but was overwhelmed, so the Northern Guardian, Elder Hei, and Tian Er Jun rushed to help him.
• The [Coffin-pulling Anomaly] roared, and a large anomaly army emerged from the underground outpost, including more Blood-level Anomalies than Tian Er Jun had expected.
• Tian Er Jun ordered Sect Master Heng, half the Xiantian Realm sect leaders, the Houtian Realm disciples, and the Qing Guard to fight the army while the others held off the [Coffin-pulling Anomaly], but both fronts began to falter.
• Tian Long shouted in shock and fury as Senior Brother Jiang shoved him away.

Tian Long fought the anomaly horde while exploiting the battle to grow stronger and watching the other fighters, including a strange human-headed dog and a powerful bald man. The Black Elder died in a clash among the strongest fighters, while Tian Er Jun and the Northern Guardian were left badly wounded and still fighting.

• Tian Long noticed players recklessly trying to farm assists and kicked Senior Brother Jiang out of formation, where an anomaly killed him.
• Tian Long spotted a spear-wielding girl, a human-headed dog calling itself Commander, and a timid archer among the Qing Guards.
• A flying anomaly dove into the rear ranks and killed more than thirty people, after which the commanders ordered ranged troops to target flying anomalies and executed players who kept shirking their duties.
• Tian Long continued fighting and building his strength while keeping wary of the two senior sisters and observing a bald fighter who battled powerful anomalies.
• The Black Elder of the Heilu Sect was killed, and Tian Er Jun was left severely injured as the Northern Guardian fought the Coffin-pulling Anomaly.

The black-boned [Coffin-pulling Anomaly] killed Sect Master Heng after he drove it into a crater, leaving Tian Er Jun and the Northern Guardian desperate. Lord Han arrived with Little Blood Hound and began their risky transformation to confront it.

• Sect Master Heng struck the [Coffin-pulling Anomaly] with the [Diamond Fist], cracking its bones and burying it in a crater before collapsing from exhaustion.
• The [Coffin-pulling Anomaly] pierced Sect Master Heng through the chest with its chain, killing him as Tian Er Jun tried to help him retreat.
• Tian Er Jun and the Northern Guardian prepared to stake their lives on a desperate move as their forces fell behind in the battle.
• Lord Han arrived with Little Blood Hound, and the Northern Guardian realized that the legendary Lord Han was a dog with a human head.
• Lord Han drew Little Blood Hound's Seven Seals Short Sword, causing it to grow into a towering, hill-like form while he suppressed the anomaly's intent.

Lord Han cut through the Coffin-pulling Anomaly’s chains and split its body, but his unstable transformation left him vulnerable. The Anomaly killed the Northern Guardian and captured Tian Er Jun before thunderclouds rolled over the battlefield and Ye Baiyi rode toward them with another figure.

• Little Blood Dou transformed into a form resembling Lord Han, and the Coffin-pulling Anomaly attacked Lord Han with its chains.
• Lord Han formed a sword from black mist, cut through the chains, and sliced the Coffin-pulling Anomaly in half.
• Lord Han’s form destabilized, allowing the Anomaly to ensnare him until the Northern Guardian struck it with Molten Eruption and freed him.
• Little Blood Dou took control of Lord Han’s body and ran off, while the Anomaly pierced Tian Er Jun and killed the wounded Northern Guardian.
• The Coffin-pulling Anomaly tried and failed to reconnect its lower half, then turned toward approaching thunderclouds as Ye Baiyi and another figure rode onto the battlefield.