Chapter Summaries

Fang Yue attacked the Empty Mountain Merchant Group’s encampment, slaughtering its outer patrols and scattering their guards while letting fleeing workers go. When reinforcements arrived, he charged at them eagerly, leaving the merchant group’s leader to witness the escalating chaos.

• Fang Yue told the young lady to wait and ambushed isolated patrol squads, killing their guards and gaining attributes and experience.
• After the guards discovered the bodies, Fang Yue kept picking off stragglers until the patrols gathered at the crime scene.
• Fang Yue appeared as Black Shadow and repeatedly attacked the gathered guards, killing many while allowing workers who fled to live.
• Guards from the encampment’s inner layers arrived and found the outer guards in disarray, then Fang Yue charged at the reinforcements.
• The Empty Mountain Merchant Group’s leader rushed out and saw Fang Yue wreaking havoc among the guards.

Fang Yue slaughtered the Empty Mountain Merchant Group’s fighters until Adult Wan came out to confront him, but she fled and threw the group’s leader in his path. Fang Yue knocked the leader unconscious and chased after Adult Wan for the experience points.

• The leader of the Empty Mountain Merchant Group summoned Adult Wan as Fang Yue cut down the group’s fighters.
• Fang Yue discovered people pretending to be dead and stabbed at them, causing a crowd to spring up and flee.
• Fang Yue sensed Adult Wan and turned to face her and the group’s leader as they arrived.
• Adult Wan trembled at Fang Yue’s presence, threw the group’s leader at him, and ran away.
• Fang Yue punched the leader unconscious, hurled him toward a neighboring roof, and chased after Adult Wan.

Yang Hongxia avenged her family and Steward Hai by killing the leader of the Empty Mountain Merchant Group, then set out with the deathsworn to help Fang Yue. As rumors named Fang Yue the Demon Slayer, he continued slaughtering his way after Adult Wan, who fled and begged him to spare her.

• Yang Hongxia questioned the leader of the Empty Mountain Merchant Group about his Phoenix Organization contact, then killed him and took his head as an offering for her family’s graves.
• Yang Hongxia and the deathsworn left the Empty Mountain Merchant Group headquarters to join Fang Yue, while onlookers discussed the massacre and spread the name Demon Slayer.
• Fang Yue rejected warnings that slaughter would lead to demonic thoughts and continued pursuing Adult Wan.
• Adult Wan begged Fang Yue to let her go, insisting she was only a passing Martial Artist, but he accused her of lying and kept chasing her.

Fang Yue killed Wan Rujun after learning how her heretical cultivation method had left her a weak, impoverished half-step Human Rank expert. After looting her belongings, he was joined by the young lady and her group, who congratulated him on killing a Human Rank Martial Artist.

• The chapter explained that Wan Rujun had reached Human Rank through a heretical method that weakened her and limited her future growth.
• Fang Yue used his recovered strength to catch Wan Rujun and kill her with the Black Blade.
• The system rewarded Fang Yue with increased Control, Force Dispelling, Lifespan, and Anomaly Realm progress.
• Fang Yue searched Wan Rujun's body and found Blood Stone, a Dusk Dawn Flower, and empty medicine bottles.
• The young lady arrived with a group, looking healthier, and congratulated Fang Yue on killing a Human Rank Martial Artist.

Fang Yue planned to destroy the Old City Merchant Group before pursuing the Phoenix Organization’s trail at East Flow Mountain. He clarified that he sought to rescue his sworn younger sister, while the Old City Merchant Group’s leader began considering surrender as Fang Yue approached.

• Fang Yue rejected the young lady’s suggestion that he rest and resolved to attack the Old City Merchant Group before heading to East Flow Mountain.
• The young lady told Fang Yue that the Phoenix Organization’s informant was at East Flow Mountain, and he grew eager to investigate the Night Thieves there.
• Fang Yue explained that the person he sought was his sworn younger sister, whose family had been killed by strange beings and who had been taken by the Phoenix Organization.
• The young lady learned that the handkerchief on Fang Yue’s hand came from another girl, then heard that the girl was dead and felt both ashamed and relieved.
• At the Old City Merchant Group, its leader panicked over the neighboring group’s slaughter and considered surrendering to avoid Fang Yue’s attack.

Fang Yue stormed the Old City Merchant Group's headquarters and slaughtered its elite guards, forcing the group's Leader to surrender. Fang Yue killed him after asking about his Phoenix Organization contact, then turned to Gan Lan Wei and asked whether he would intervene.

• Gan Lan Wei objected when the Old City Merchant Group's Leader considered backing down, but Fang Yue kicked in the headquarters gate and announced his arrival.
• The Old City Merchant Group's guards charged Fang Yue, who cut through them and killed them as he advanced into the hall.
• The Old City Merchant Group's Leader knelt before Fang Yue, offered the group's wealth, and proposed an alliance in exchange for peace.
• Fang Yue asked the Leader who his contact in the Phoenix Organization was; when the Leader claimed not to know, Fang Yue beheaded him.
• Fang Yue turned to Gan Lan Wei and asked whether he would stand up for the Leader.

Fang Yue killed the Gan Lan Wei and the remaining Old City Merchant Group members after the Gan Lan Wei attacked him from behind. He returned to Great Yang Mansion with the young lady at dawn and decided to focus on improving his martial arts cultivation.

• The Gan Lan Wei drew his sword and attacked Fang Yue, who cut off his arm and then killed him.
• After their leader died, the Old City Merchant Group members fled, but the young lady's death warriors blocked the exit and hunted them down.
• The young lady apologized about the handkerchief and reassured Fang Yue that he had acted to survive; Fang Yue said his loss of control was his own fault.
• Fang Yue reviewed his gains, saw that his Control Power had reached its limit, and planned to learn Lord Han's ice-attribute cultivation method.
• Fang Yue and the young lady returned safely to Great Yang Mansion at dawn, and Fang Yue went to his room to cultivate his inner art.

After the killings in Chu Nuan City drew the Qing Division and Lan Shan into an investigation, Fang Yue appeared as Demon Slayer to protect Yang Hongxia. He admitted to killing Lang Qingyi and a Fourth-Rank Blue Guard, then claimed they had been corrupt traitors he had eliminated on behalf of the two organizations.

• The Qing Division and Lan Shan launched an investigation after two Merchant Groups and government officers were killed.
• Yang Hongxia defended her revenge against the officials who tried to arrest her for killing the guards protecting her enemies.
• Fang Yue appeared as Demon Slayer, struck the Qing Guard who had seized Yang Hongxia, and told the officials to call him Lord Niu Niu.
• Fang Yue admitted that he had killed Lang Qingyi and the Fourth-Rank Blue Guard, while Yang Hongxia worried that he would be imprisoned.
• Fang Yue claimed Lang Qingyi had been a Phoenix Organization spy and the Fourth-Rank Blue Guard had abused his authority, arguing that he deserved a reward rather than punishment.

Fang Yue revealed his White Robe Token and defended his actions as a Qing Bureau officer, but Xian Qingyi and Tu Lan Wei refused to accept his identity and tried to arrest him. Fang Yue killed Xian Qingyi, and Tu Lan Wei seized Young Lady Yang Hongxia as the conflict erupted.

• Xian Qingyi and Tu Lan Wei ordered their men to seize Fang Yue after accusing him of slandering the authorities.
• Fang Yue produced a White Robe Token, prompting the crowd to reconsider whether his killings had been legitimate acts against traitors.
• Xian Qingyi and Tu Lan Wei rejected Fang Yue's identity and insisted on taking him into custody.
• Fang Yue unleashed his killing intent and declared he would purge corruption, then killed Xian Qingyi with his jade-green blade.
• Tu Lan Wei knocked Blind Flow aside and grabbed Young Lady Yang Hongxia by the throat.

Fang Yue rescued the young lady from Tu Lan Wei and threatened the Qing Si and Lan Shan into investigating the attack and clearing his name. He left Chu Nuan City to lie low and investigate a clue at East Flow Mountain, while Dou Hongyi and Yang Diandian arrived at Great Yang Mansion and argued over who would pursue him.

• Fang Yue severed Tu Lan Wei’s hand and killed him, then ordered the Qing Si and Lan Shan to investigate and clear his name.
• The young lady warned Fang Yue that stronger Human Rank experts might come after him, and he decided to leave Chu Nuan City temporarily.
• Fang Yue asked Blind Flow to protect the young lady and rode toward East Flow Mountain, planning to return before the Martial Competition.
• Dou Hongyi arrived at Great Yang Mansion and demanded to know where Fang Yue had gone.
• Yang Diandian urged Dou Hongyi to punish Great Yang Mansion and gave the Qing Si three days to catch Fang Yue before Lan Shan took over.
• Dou Hongyi refused to let Lan Shan interfere in the Qing Si’s internal matter.

Yang Hongxia secured Tai Yuema’s protection for Great Yang Mansion as Fang Yue continued toward East Flow Mountain, while a Heavenly Devour appeared across the realm. In the Imperial Palace, Sisi awoke after the phenomenon, and Fang Yue remained unaware of its significance.

• Yang Diandian warned Dou Hongyi that Lan Shan would act in three days, and Tai Yuema arrived to protect Great Yang Mansion until the Martial Competition.
• Tai Yuema asked Yang Hongxia for information about Ye Baiyi, while Dou Hongyi ordered an investigation into Ye Niu Niu and the two dead men in blue.
• A Heavenly Devour appeared in the sky across the Qing Kingdom and neighboring nations, frightening people and alarming officials in the Capital City.
• In the Imperial Palace, Sisi woke from a long unconsciousness and recognized the Seventh Prince and Night Dawn.
• Fang Yue mistook the Heavenly Devour for a harmless solar eclipse as he rode toward East Flow Mountain to search for An Dong'er.

Fang Yue learned that Heavenly Devour had appeared in the real-world sky and that the Cheaters might soon awaken, while the United Association prepared to move him and Sister Yuan to Sea Fish City. Back in the game, he resumed his dangerous journey, unaware that Jing Yan was being held beneath the United Association building and enjoying an extra meal.

• Fang Yue spoke with Qiu Dug, who told him the United Association planned to move its people from Jianghai City to Sea Fish City within days.
• Fang Yue saw the scarlet patch on the real-world moon, and Qiu Dug identified it as Heavenly Devour and said the Cheaters were about to awaken.
• Fang Yue agreed to the move, comforted Sister Yuan, and returned to the game after the sheepskin paper failed to respond.
• Beneath the United Association building, Jing Yan received an extra serving of rice while his two chubby cellmates begged him for a bite.

Jing Yan agreed to transfer to Sea Fish City with Sister Ying after learning that his food rations might change under a new warden. In the game, Lin Ling defeated a tree-like bizarre creature, while Qing Chen explained that Lin Ling needed to grow stronger to awaken Lord Han's power.

• Jing Yan celebrated reaching the Houtian Realm because it let him eat two bowls of rice, then learned Sister Ying was transferring to Sea Fish City and that the new warden might scrap her food standards.
• Jing Yan chose to go with Sister Ying, who promised him an extra bowl of rice each day; his two chubby roommates could not transfer unless they reached the Houtian Realm.
• Jing Yan entered the game and found Lin Ling carrying him along an official road while dodging wooden spikes from a bizarre creature.
• Lin Ling hurled Jing Yan aside and pierced the creature, which appeared as a tree and went still as black blood seeped from its trunk.
• Qing Chen said Lin Ling needed to reach a higher realm to nourish Lord Han's transplanted eyeball and possibly awaken him, and black blood seeped from Lin Ling's left eye.

Lin Ling, Jing Yan, and Qing Chen continued toward Chu Nuan City as a crimson mark appeared on the moon, which Qing Chen recognized as the ominous Heavenly Devour. Meanwhile, Captain Wu searched Chu Nuan City, Tai Yuema decided to capture an Experimental Subject, and Second Black Feather confronted Ox Seat over An Dong'er.

• Lin Ling calmed himself before losing control, and Jing Yan and Qing Chen continued with him toward Black Green Gorge.
• Jing Yan recalled Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's rapid growth as she ate strange creatures, then Qing Chen identified the crimson moon as Heavenly Devour and urged them to hurry to Chu Nuan City.
• Captain Wu questioned people in Chu Nuan City about the Qing Si's Night Dawn, An Dong'er, and the Phoenix Organization.
• Tai Yuema suspected Captain Wu was the same white-robed Qing Si member who had caused trouble in Qingsi County and decided to capture an Experimental Subject.
• Second Black Feather ordered Ox Seat to hand over An Dong'er, whose research had just reached a breakthrough, and he stopped her as she reached for him.

Second Black Feather took An Dong'er away after warning Ox Seat that Heaven's Devour had appeared and the Phoenix King wanted An Dong'er. Left behind with only Yin Deficiency to study, Ox Seat decided to rush his experiments and planned to fuse with its power before going to the Capital City.

• Second Black Feather offered to help Ox Seat replace Three Black Feather, teased him about their past, and told him she would wait for him in the Capital City.
• Second Black Feather took An Dong'er and warned Ox Seat that Heaven's Devour had appeared and the Phoenix King was eager to get her.
• After Second Black Feather left, Ox Seat found that only one Yin Deficiency remained and lamented that An Dong'er had been taken away before he could study her further.
• Ox Seat ordered the researchers to advance to human experimentation and fuse Yin Deficiency into his body, using the chaos in Chu Nuan City as cover.
• Ox Seat resolved to recover An Dong'er and Lie Ear, and threatened to kill the Phoenix King if he harmed her.

Rat Seat gathered the leading Night Thieves at East Flow Mountain and offered five chances to clear their names and retire if they completed the Phoenix Organization’s new mission. The thieves eagerly competed for the slots, unaware of Rat Seat’s contempt behind his mask.

• More than a hundred top-ranked Night Thieves gathered at East Flow Mountain for a banquet under Rat Seat’s leadership.
• Rat Seat explained that he had discussed the thieves’ wish to go legitimate with Lord Ox Seat, but that helping them would be difficult and risky.
• Rat Seat offered five retirement slots as a reward for completing a new mission well, promising to ask Lord Ox Seat for more later.
• The Night Thieves celebrated the offer and resolved to compete for the limited slots, while Rat Seat concealed his contempt beneath his mask.

Lord Rat Seat told the night bandits to capture Ye Niu Niu, a Human Rank expert, and said he was headed to East Flow Mountain. The bandits expected an easy capture, but a report that one person was attacking their stronghold left them facing the likelihood that Ye Niu Niu had come to wipe them out.

• Lord Rat Seat explained that the bandits’ mission was to capture the Supreme Guest Minister of Great Yang Mansion alive, warning that Ye Niu Niu was at the Human Rank Initial Stage.
• The night bandits assumed the mission would fall to the top ten on the Bandit Rankings, then learned that Ye Niu Niu had fled Chu Nuan City and was heading to East Flow Mountain.
• The bandits mocked Ye Niu Niu as a fool who wanted to join them and began scheming against one another over the chance to capture him.
• Lord Rat Seat promised to secure more spots if the bandits completed the mission, while privately planning to fleece them and discard them when they were no longer useful.
• A servant reported that one person was attacking East Flow Mountain, and Lord Rat Seat guessed that Ye Niu Niu had come to wipe them out.

Fang Yue stormed East Flow Mountain, killing Night Thieves as Lord Rat Seat and the other thief chiefs watched. Thief Old Ten went down to confront him, while Fang Yue continued advancing toward the mountain’s summit.

• Lord Rat Seat realized the intruder might be Ye Niu Niu and led the thief chiefs outside to meet him.
• Fang Yue demolished huts and killed Night Thieves as he charged up East Flow Mountain, extinguishing the torches along the road.
• Thief Old Ten rushed downhill to test Fang Yue, and other Night Thieves followed, hoping to earn credit for capturing him.
• The thief chiefs stayed back as they assessed Thief Old Ten’s gamble and considered how his actions might earn him a share of the five spots.
• Fang Yue continued cutting down the Night Thieves and declared himself their bane.

Fang Yue fought through the night thieves on East Flow Mountain and confronted Thief Old Ten, a Human Rank expert wielding a chained iron ball. After outmaneuvering him and landing a series of powerful attacks, Fang Yue left Thief Old Ten bloodied and terrified.

• Fang Yue killed waves of night thieves with his Black Blade and replenished his Internal Breath with pills.
• Thief Old Ten charged down the mountain and blocked Fang Yue’s blade using synchronized Internal Breath resonance.
• Thief Old Ten attacked with his spiked iron ball, but Fang Yue matched its rotation and charged toward him.
• Thief Old Ten increased the weapon’s speed, and Fang Yue’s Black Blade shattered, letting him rush in and kick Thief Old Ten into the air.
• Fang Yue reformed his Black Blade and struck Thief Old Ten, smashing him into a crater and leaving him bleeding and terrified.

Fang Yue killed Thief Old Ten after losing control, and a black ring appeared above him as Lord Rat Seat recognized him as a highly complete Experimental Subject. An anomaly attacked East Flow Mountain, while Fang Yue noticed a new, unstable status and collected the valuable head.

• Fang Yue unknowingly killed Thief Old Ten, and a black ring formed above his head.
• Lord Rat Seat recognized Fang Yue as an Experimental Subject with a Pseudo Abnormal Spiritual Root and ordered his followers to capture him alive.
• Colorful hands emerged from the ground and attacked East Flow Mountain, leading Lord Rat Seat to realize a Great Anomaly had arrived.
• Fang Yue examined his status panel and found a new, unstable Anomaly Curse entry after experiencing a loss of control.
• Fang Yue saw that killing Thief Old Ten had increased his rewards and hurried to collect the man’s head.