Chapter Summaries

Chu Fan killed three Moon Worshipping Sect experts who had Transformed into Quality, saving the Seven Star Gang’s trapped disciples, and Cao Yan ordered everyone to conceal Chu Fan’s strength. After Chu Fan refined the enemy’s Soul-Locking Chains into a Spirit Weapon, the Green Snake Demon sensed her younger sister’s aura on him and joined him to search for her in Qingyang Ancient City.

• Chu Fan used his bow to keep two Moon Worshipping Sect experts at bay, then switched to his saber and killed the one-armed expert with Cao Yan’s and Zhao Tianxing’s help.
• Chu Fan and Cao Yan killed the remaining White-robed expert, and Cao Yan finished off the four enemy hall masters after the Seven Star Gang disciples were freed.
• Cao Yan told the survivors to claim he had saved them and to keep Chu Fan’s strength secret.
• Cao Yan removed the Soul-Locking Chains from the Green Snake Demon, and Chu Fan refined one to obtain the Spirit Weapon and the Demon-Locking Technique.
• The Green Snake Demon sensed her younger sister’s Demon Qi on Chu Fan, offered him a Crimson Flame Vermilion Fruit to help find her, and transformed into a little snake that rode in his sleeve.

After the Seven Star Gang rescued more than 150 captives, Cao Feng’s group worried that the Moon Worshipping Sect would restore its Blood Refining Array and that Magistrate Zhang Yunpeng would use the Green Snake’s presence against them. Chu Fan identified the gang’s new demon ally, collected valuable spoils, and broke the limit of Blood Soul Nine Swords before turning to Ninefold Thunderclap Saber as danger continued to loom.

• Cao Feng, Cao Yan, Li Qingxue, and the elders discussed the rescued captives, the threat of the Blood Refining Array, and their inability to trust the authorities; Cao Yan ordered surveillance of vagrants and attacks on Seven Star Fort’s foundations.
• Cao Feng kept the Green Snake, disguised as Xiao Bai, hidden in Chu Fan’s courtyard under guard, while Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing examined the spoils from the Misty Swamp.
• Xiao Bai identified the Thunder Fire Talisman, Thunder God Body Tempering Pills, Gathering Pills, Opening Meridian Pills, and Soul-Locking Chains; Chu Fan kept the body-tempering pills and chains and shared other pills with Zhao Tianxing and the gang’s allies.
• Xiao Bai left the courtyard to visit the Seven Star Gang’s Training Ground, so Chu Fan took her through Qingyang Ancient City and back to the Chu Family Old House.
• Chu Fan broke the limit of Blood Soul Nine Swords and gained the Blood Fiend Invading the Soul trait, which infused his Blade Essence with corrosive Baleful Intent.
• Chu Fan practiced Ninefold Thunderclap Saber and resolved to break its limit within three days, while Xiao Bai watched in amazement at his skill.

Zhang Yunpeng warned the Black Robe Man that the Moon Worshipping Sect’s search for the Key had been derailed and the Demon Suppression Bureau was approaching, but the Black Robe Man secretly ordered attacks on the Blood Saber Sect and New Seven Star Gang. At the Seven Star Gang, Chu Fan consumed his last Thunder God Body Tempering Pill, used its unruly Primordial Qi to Break Limit the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber, and then sought a cultivation method for advancing to Transforming into Quality.

• Zhang Yunpeng blamed the Black Robe Man for provoking the Blood Saber Sect and explained that the Ghost-faced Man had likely sabotaged the Moon Worshipping Sect’s plans and that the Demon Suppression Bureau was sending one Captain and two Guards.
• Zhang Yunpeng ordered the Black Robe Man to confine the arriving officers while he lured the troops outside Qingyang Ancient City away, but the Black Robe Man secretly sent disciples to attack the Blood Saber Sect and New Seven Star Gang.
• Chu Fan ate his ninth Thunder God Body Tempering Pill, and Xiao Bai explained that its Spiritual Essence had become unruly Primordial Qi because Chu Fan had not yet Transformed into Quality.
• Chu Fan guided the Primordial Qi through his saber practice, spent twenty Spiritual Essence to Break Limit the Ninefold Thunderclap Saber, and gained the Heavy Mountain trait.
• Duan Qingling visited the Seven Star Gang hoping to meet Chu Fan, mistook another young man for him, and watched Chu Fan enter with an awkward tumble that he claimed was a perfected boxing movement.
• Wang Kaishan beat Deng Rong over having driven Chu Fan away, and Chu Fan stopped Wang Kaishan’s strike before asking Cao Feng for a cultivation method to prepare for Transforming into Quality.

Chu Fan killed three Moon Worshipping Sect experts, gathered valuable pills and treasures, and discovered that his Indestructible Diamond Body could regenerate while a Spirit Weapon could still pierce it. After breaking the Literacy Technique’s Third Break Limit, he began cultivating to awaken his Spirit Platform and approach Transcending Mortality; three days later, Fang Qingqing saw masked men heading toward the Blood Saber Sect’s Inner City headquarters.

• Chu Fan ambushed the Moon Worshipping Sect procession and killed three experts with his Break Limit saber techniques, while witnesses blamed the Blood Saber Sect for the attack.
• Chu Fan and Little White examined the spoils, including Black Gold Silk Gloves, pills, and Great Pills, and Chu Fan tested his defenses against Little White and the Soul-Locking Chain.
• Chu Fan broke the Literacy Technique’s Third Break Limit, gained Myriad Laws Comprehension, and began visualizing the Qi and Blood Tree to awaken his Spirit Platform.
• Three days later, Fang Qingqing watched the Blood Saber Sect headquarters from Crane Tower and wondered whether Chu Fan was the mysterious swordsman who had killed the Moon Worshipping Sect experts.
• Fang Qingqing and Shi Qingyi followed masked men heading toward the Blood Saber Sect’s Inner City headquarters, and Fang Qingqing recalled the battle from three nights earlier.

The Moon Worshipping Sect and Seven Star Fort destroyed the Blood Saber Sect and prepared to attack the Seven Star Gang, while Chu Fan awakened his Eyebrow Spirit Platform, entered the Opening Spirit Realm, and gained powerful weapons and allies. The attackers invaded the Seven Star Gang just as Chu Fan arrived masked with his Falling Sun Bow, and Li Qingxue joined Cao Feng’s fight against Lin Luoxue.

• Lin Luoxue, Shen Shikang, Jiang Lianyue, and the Moon Worshipping Sect’s envoy massacred the Blood Saber Sect, sparing only Xue Li and Qin Quan to interrogate them.
• After Cao Feng warned the Seven Star Gang that Seven Star Fort might attack next, Chu Fan awakened his Eyebrow Spirit Platform and began forming his Qi and Blood Tree.
• Li Qingxue gave Chu Fan a Black Gold Inner Armor and a Thunder Saber, while Chen Xuan entrusted him with the powerful Falling Sun Bow.
• Chu Fan completed his Qi and Blood Tree, entered the Opening Spirit Realm, and demonstrated the destructive power of his Primordial Qi.
• Chu Fan revealed his Demon Suppression Guard token to Xiao Bai and arranged for her to help the Seven Star Gang, then the Moon Worshipping Sect and Seven Star Fort forces invaded.
• Chu Fan reached the Training Ground masked and armed as Cao Feng, Cao Yan, and Li Qingxue fought the attackers; Li Qingxue struck at Lin Luoxue with Seven Stars Bead Cut.

The Moon Worshipping Sect and Seven Star Fort attacked the New Seven Star Gang, while Duan Qingling and Fang Qingqing feared for Chu Fan and the gang from afar. Masked as the Ghost-faced Man, Chu Fan turned the battle by killing major enemy fighters and rescuing Li Qingxue, then confronted Lin Luoxue as the fight continued.

• Duan Qingling and Fang Qingqing worried that the New Seven Star Gang would be destroyed, and a spy reported to Fang Xiaotian that the Moon Worshipping Sect and Seven Star Fort had stormed its headquarters.
• Chu Fan used the Falling Sun Bow to cripple and kill a Supernatural Power Realm Black Robe Man as Li Qingxue struck, then shot Jiang Lianyue and helped Cao Yan kill her.
• A second Black Robe Man pursued Chu Fan, but Chu Fan evaded him with Ghostly Phantom Body Steps and Little White the Azure Snake's help, then used the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand and his blade to defeat him before Zhao Tianxing's arrows finished him.
• Chu Fan drove Lin Luoxue away from the wounded Li Qingxue and gave her half a Wild Ginseng root, while the surviving Seven Star Gang fighters rallied and counterattacked.
• Lin Luoxue attacked Chu Fan's unprotected neck, but he anticipated her strike and knocked her sword aside.

Chu Fan and the Cao and Li families turned the battle at the Seven Star Gang Training Ground, killing Lin Luoxue and Shen Shikang as the remaining enemies were surrounded. Chu Fan lured a Black Robe Man away and fought him near the northern city wall, where his cold palm techniques steadily weakened the Supernatural Power Realm expert.

• Chu Fan used his armguard, saber techniques, and Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand to defeat Lin Luoxue, while Li Qingxue helped corner and kill her.
• Chu Fan diverted the Black Robe Man away from Green Snake Little White, then shot Shen Shikang with an arrow so Cao Yan and Li Qingxue could execute him.
• Cao Feng, Cao Yan, and Li Qingxue surrounded Pan Heng and the remaining black-clad fighter as Chu Fan fled from the pursuing Black Robe Man.
• Chu Fan escaped across Qingyang Ancient City's rooftops and into the forest, where Little White helped bind the Black Robe Man long enough for Chu Fan to strike him with cold energy.
• Chu Fan drew the Black Robe Man into a pursuit up the city wall, knocked him back with a palm strike, and continued attacking as the cold qi spread through his meridians.
• When the Black Robe Man reached for a Crimson Sun Pill, Chu Fan seized it and threw it toward Little White, then landed another powerful cold-infused punch on his chest.

After killing two Supernatural Power Realm attackers, Chu Fan reviewed the battle and trained to prepare for the greater danger gathering around Qingyang Ancient City. He broke the limit of the Netherworld Yellow Spring Finger, fused its new death qi with his cold palm technique, and was summoned to the Meeting Hall as Cao Shi’s elders began fighting.

• Chu Fan returned to the Seven Star Gang after killing the Black Robe Man, while spies spread news of the failed assault and Zhang Yunpeng learned that Gui Yue had not returned from intercepting the Demon Suppression Bureau.
• Chu Fan analyzed the battle and chose to improve the Ghostly Phantom Body Steps and Extinction Quicksand Technique before stronger enemies arrived.
• Chu Fan trained through the night, taught Zhao Tianxing and Little White the Azure Snake the Ghostly Phantom Body Steps, and shared the spoils with them and Li Qingxue.
• Chu Fan advanced the Ghostly Phantom Body Steps and broke the Netherworld Yellow Spring Finger’s limit, gaining the Yellow Spring Death Qi trait.
• Chu Fan fused Yellow Spring Death Qi with the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand and withered a tree with one palm, then Zhao Tianxing summoned him to the Meeting Hall because Cao Shi’s elders had started fighting.

Chu Fan convinced the Cao and Li families to evacuate Qingyang Ancient City for Qing Prefecture City while he stayed behind to confront the Moon Worshipping Sect and wait for the Demon Suppression Bureau. After learning the sect might be preparing a citywide blood-and-soul sacrifice, he destroyed the teleportation formation at his home and strengthened his abilities as he prepared to strike Seven Star Fort.

• Zhao Tianxing told Chu Fan that the Cao and Li elders were fighting over whether to leave or stay, and Chu Fan urged the families to travel to Qing Prefecture City in separate groups.
• Chu Fan revealed that the Demon Suppression Bureau had not arrived and that one of its Envoys was trapped on Dragon Ridge Mountain; Cao Feng ordered the families to evacuate while Chu Fan stayed behind.
• Chu Fan and Little White the Azure Snake suspected Seven Star Fort housed a Moon Worshipping Sect lair, and Chu Fan proposed scouting it and attacking if the enemy forces were manageable.
• Yue Mankong explained that the Moon Worshipping Sect was using blood and soul sacrifices to locate the Key, and Little White raised the possibility that the sect planned to sacrifice Qingyang Ancient City's citizens.
• Chu Fan destroyed the teleportation formation in his courtyard, perfected the Ghostly Phantom Body Steps, learned to form Protective Yuan, and trained the Extinction Quicksand Technique.
• Chu Fan reached Minor Accomplishment in the Extinction Quicksand Technique overnight and asked Little White to coat his sand with her venom mist.

Chu Fan refined Phantom Kill poison, then infiltrated Seven Star Fort and slaughtered the Moon Worshipping Sect forces there, rescuing more than a hundred Seven Star Gang disciples. The prisoners revealed that Zhang Yunpeng planned a blood sacrifice in North City, but the Resentful Spirit made confronting him too dangerous, leaving Chu Fan and his allies seeking a way to deal with it.

• Chu Fan learned how to make Phantom Kill poison, bought the ingredients, and used it to coat ordinary sand before practicing his movement technique.
• At the Seven Star Gang headquarters, Chu Fan refused recruitment offers and learned that Liang Qiu, the Fatty, and other disciples planned to travel to Qing Prefecture City.
• Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing scouted Seven Star Fort, where Green Snake sensed three Supernatural Power Realm experts, and Chu Fan infiltrated the fort and killed them along with the Moon Worshipping Sect members.
• Chu Fan and Little White questioned survivors, freed more than a hundred imprisoned Seven Star Gang disciples, looted the fort, and returned to Qingyang City with Zhao Tianxing.
• The prisoners revealed that Zhang Yunpeng planned to activate the Netherworld Locking Spirit Array for a blood sacrifice in North City after reinforcements arrived, and that he controlled a powerful Resentful Spirit.
• Chu Fan judged that he could not yet contend with the Resentful Spirit and asked Yue Mankong's paper man how they could deal with it.

Chu Fan wiped out two Moon Worshipping Sect strongholds, exposed Zhang Yunpeng’s plans to Lu Tao, and gathered allies and resources to prepare for the Resentful Spirit. After sharing the Demon-Locking Technique and treasures with Cao Feng, Cao Yan, and Li Qingxue, he began cultivating the technique himself.

• Chu Fan slaughtered the Moon Worshipping Sect members at the Land God Temple ruins and Abandoned Dye House, then defeated Lu Tao and warned him that Zhang Yunpeng planned to sacrifice North City and release the Resentful Spirit.
• Lu Tao accepted that Qingyang Ancient City faced disaster and went to seek guidance from his old master.
• Liang Yuhen spotted the Ghost-faced Man crossing the rooftops and chased after him, but he vanished into the night.
• Chu Fan ordered Zhao Tianxing to turn looted Black Gold Silk Gloves into protective vests, then copied the Demon-Locking Technique and took a Soul-Locking Chain outside the city.
• Chu Fan met Cao Feng, Cao Yan, and Li Qingxue in their hiding place, explained the Moon Worshipping Sect’s plan, and gave them the technique, a Soul-Locking Chain, rare treasures, and pills before they set out for Maple Leaf Valley.
• Chu Fan consumed the Moon Soul Ice Crystal Fruit and began refining its Spiritual Essence while cultivating the Demon-Locking Technique.

Chu Fan prepared to fight the Resentful Spirit by mastering the Demon-Locking Technique, then recruited Lu Tao and the Old Constable to ambush Moon Worshipping Sect reinforcements at Maple Leaf Valley. The ambush began with Chu Fan killing one enemy and launching into battle against two Supernatural Power Realm experts.

• Chu Fan advanced the Demon-Locking Technique to Minor Accomplishment and learned to control the Dark Soul-Locking Chain more effectively.
• The Green Snake warned Zhao Tianxing that his uncontrolled Primordial Qi could endanger him and took his medicinal pills and Precious Plants for safekeeping.
• Chu Fan met Lu Tao, revealed his plan, and gained the support of Lu Tao's master, the Old Constable, before they left Qingyang Ancient City for Maple Leaf Valley.
• Zhang Yunpeng brooded over the collapse of his plans, then considered using Gui Yue and the Sacrifice God Envoy as stepping stones if necessary.
• Chu Fan and five masked allies ambushed four carriages carrying Moon Worshipping Sect members, and Chu Fan's arrow killed a Supernatural Power Realm expert.
• Green Snake restrained one Black Robe Man while Chu Fan struck him, then Chu Fan broke another Black Robe Man's Protective Yuan Qi and sent Yellow Spring Death Qi into his body.

After Chu Fan and his allies killed three Moon Worshipping Sect experts in Maple Leaf Valley, he returned to Qingyang City and began building his strength by forming a Qi Sea and opening meridians. He then enlisted Green Snake to help Lu Tao investigate Zhang Yunpeng’s Netherworld Locking Spirit Array.

• Chu Fan, Cao Feng, Lu Tao, Old Constable, Green Snake, Cao Yan, and Li Qingxue worked together to kill the Moon Worshipping Sect’s Black Robe Men, with Chu Fan’s poison and arrows helping finish the final fleeing enemy.
• The group returned to the Seven Star Gang’s secluded courtyard, where Chu Fan planned ambushes along the road from Dragon Ridge Mountain and told Lu Tao to investigate the Netherworld Locking Spirit Array.
• Chu Fan formed a Qi Sea in his Dantian and used an Opening Meridian Pill to open eight meridians, though the effort left him exhausted.
• Chu Fan found Green Snake counting pills and Precious Plants, then offered her a bottle of Qi Increasing Dan to help Lu Tao capture Zhang Yunpeng’s trusted men and investigate the array; she reluctantly agreed.

After advancing to the Opening Spirit Realm Second Heaven, Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing left the Seven Star Gang grounds, while Chu Fan helped uncover and destroy fifteen nodes of the Moon Worshipping Sect’s Netherworld Locking Spirit Array. Gui Yue returned to Qingyang Ancient City and forced Zhang Yunpeng to activate the array, unleashing the Resentful Spirit over North City as Chu Fan rushed to confront the disaster.

• Chu Fan opened his final three meridians in two and a half days, reaching the Opening Spirit Realm Second Heaven, then restored his Primordial Qi with a Four-Pattern Qi Increasing Pill.
• Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing declined Mu Feiyan’s invitation to join the Ironclad Sect and left the former Seven Star Gang grounds for their separate destinations.
• Lu Tao captured a Moon Worshipping Sect member, learned four array-node locations, and sent the information to Chu Fan, who worked with the Green Snake to destroy fifteen nodes of the Netherworld Locking Spirit Array.
• Gui Yue returned to Zhang Yunpeng’s secret chamber after losing his men intercepting the Demon Suppression Bureau’s reinforcements; fearing their imminent arrival, he persuaded Zhang Yunpeng to activate the array despite the risk of losing control of the Resentful Spirit.
• The grand array darkened the sky over North City, trapped its inhabitants, and unleashed a bound Resentful Spirit that began drawing blood from the people; Chu Fan put on his Evil ghost mask and raced toward the city center.
• The Paper Doll warned Chu Fan that breaking the Resentful Spirit’s chains would doom all of Qingyang Ancient City, then called out to Old Sickly One at the North City Black Market for help.

Chu Fan killed Gui Yue, refined the Five Elements Cauldron, and rushed to confront a Moon Worshipping Sect cultivator using a formation linked to the Netherworld Locking Spirit Array. The cauldron cracked the cultist’s barrier, leaving him shocked to learn Gui Yue had died.

• Old Cripple cleaved the Resentful Spirit with a saber strike, but it split into two masses of Black Mist and began recovering through the array.
• Ding Jian, a red-dressed woman, and a staff-wielding youth trapped the Resentful Spirit with the Three Talents Demon Sealing Array while Old Liuzi warned that the Netherworld Locking Spirit Array had to be destroyed.
• Chu Fan wounded Gui Yue with Black Kite Arrows, drew him away from the Resentful Spirit, and killed him after exploiting his injuries with the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand, Poison Sand, and another arrow.
• Chu Fan refined Gui Yue’s Five Elements Cauldron and collected the cauldrons as the Resentful Spirit remained trapped.
• Liang Qiu told Chu Fan that a Moon Worshipping Sect cultist had injured Fatty while hiding in a house and using a formation linked to the great array.
• Chu Fan attacked the cultist’s barrier with the Five Elements Cauldron, cracking it and prompting the cultist to recognize Gui Yue’s weapon.

Chu Fan and his allies destroyed the Netherworld Locking Spirit Array’s nodes, turning Qingyang Ancient City’s desperate defense into a counterattack. With the array broken, Chu Fan joined the central battle and drove a Supernatural Power Realm Fourth Heaven Black Robe Man into flight.

• Chu Fan destroyed another formation node, but the surviving guards’ locations remained unknown until reinforcements from Dragon Ridge Mountain arrived and scattered through North City to activate the nodes.
• Wang Kaishan and the city’s other defenders began tracking the White-robed Moon Worshipping Sect members and relaying node locations to Chu Fan instead of pursuing kills.
• Chu Fan, Green Snake, and White Snake used the Five Elements Cauldron to break formation barriers while scouts guided them from node to node.
• The defenders held the central battlefield against the Moon Worshipping Sect’s Black Robe Men until five explosions signaled that the last nodes had been destroyed and the great array collapsed.
• Chu Fan reached the central battle, killed three White-robed enemies, and confronted a powerful Black Robe Man while the weakened Resentful Spirit remained contained.
• Chu Fan struck the Black Robe Man with the Five Elements Cauldron and the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand, grievously wounding him and forcing him to flee.

Chu Fan and Qingyang Ancient City's fighters defeated the Moon Worshipping Sect, while Yue Mankong used Nuannuan's soul and the Finger Bone to seal the Resentful Spirit. After Chu Fan exposed and executed Magistrate Zhang Yunpeng with the Demon Suppression Bureau's backing, Yue Mankong promised him a reward and told him to search Zhang Yunpeng's corpse.

• Chu Fan, Green Snake, and White Snake killed a Fourth Heaven Black Robe Man, and Li Qingxue intervened to protect Chu Fan from another attacker.
• Chu Fan and the city fighters killed the remaining Black Robe Men as Yue Mankong revealed that Zhang Yunpeng was approaching the array and ordered Chu Fan to stop him.
• Ding Jian, Shi Hao, and Lin Yue shifted the array, allowing Yue Mankong's Paper Doll to manifest; Yue Mankong crushed a Black Robe Man and, with Chu Fan's help, sealed the Resentful Spirit into the Finger Bone through Nuannuan.
• After the Moon Worshipping Sect forces fled, Chu Fan struck Zhang Yunpeng and exposed him as the traitor who had activated the Netherworld Locking Spirit Array and released the Resentful Spirit.
• Ding Jian and Yue Mankong backed Chu Fan against the Qingzhou Zhang Family, and Chu Fan beheaded Zhang Yunpeng while Ding Jian arrested the accompanying clan member.
• Yue Mankong promised Chu Fan a benefit and told him to search Zhang Yunpeng's corpse, prompting others to begin looting the battlefield.

Ling Kongyu discovered that the Key and her Ten Thousand Soul Banner had been lost, while Chu Fan secured the banner, received new assignments and a Sumeru Ring, and began cultivating the Demon Dragon Celestial Gang Scripture. The chapter ended with Chu Fan heading to the North City Gate to claim the promised benefit and confront those waiting there.

• Ling Kongyu found the hidden cave empty, discovered that a teleportation array had been destroyed, and learned that Gui Yue, Zhang Yunpeng, and her Ten Thousand Soul Banner had been lost.
• Ling Kongyu ordered her followers to evacuate and stayed behind to maintain the array suppressing Yue Mankong, while her true body escaped and pursued her.
• Chu Fan discussed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner with Yue Mankong, then agreed to investigate the Zhang Family and eliminate Overturning Heaven Saber and his group before going to Qing Prefecture City.
• Yue Mankong revealed that the Key had been stolen through the cave's teleportation array, explained the threat of Pollution and the Martial Saint's disappearance, and gave Chu Fan a Sumeru Ring.
• Chu Fan successfully completed the first step of the Demon Dragon Celestial Gang Scripture, then received a message directing him to the North City Gate.
• Chu Fan took his saber and slipped into the night toward the North City Gate to claim the benefit Yue Mankong had promised.

Chu Fan helped Yue Mankong’s plan to seize Zhang Wenpeng’s ill-gotten wealth, then prepared to leave Qingyang after distributing gifts and saying farewell. As Chu Fan departed for Qing Prefecture City, Overturning Heaven Saber feared the Demon Suppression Bureau would target his gang.

• Madam Zhang and Zhang Mingyuan tried to escape Qingyang with Zhang Wenpeng’s wealth, but Chu Fan ambushed and killed them at Blackwater River, then took their valuables with a Sumeru Ring.
• Lu Tao exposed County Commandant Cui Baiyu’s alleged collusion with the Moon Worshipping Sect and beheaded him in the County Government hall.
• Chu Fan reunited with Cao Feng, Li Qingxue, and the others, stored the seized chests in his Sumeru Ring, and helped the group spread a story blaming Overturning Heaven Saber for the killings and theft.
• After the Ministry of Justice and Demon Suppression Bureau envoys arrived, Chu Fan received an order to eliminate Overturning Heaven Saber; the envoys also told him about Old Sickly One and a Meridian-Renewing Spirit-Melting Pill.
• Chu Fan cultivated the Demon Dragon Celestial Gang Scripture, gave Fang Qingqing a Soul-Locking Chain and pills, and left Qingyang after bidding farewell to Lu Tao.
• Overturning Heaven Saber’s bandits worried that the Demon Suppression Bureau would come after them, while the chief considered preparing for a bloody battle.

Chu Fan traveled into the Cloud Dragon Mountain Range to destroy Overturning Heaven Saber’s bandits and let the Ten Thousand Soul Banner absorb their souls. After defeating the bandits and rescuing their captives, he identified Liu Lingling, but the chapter ended before he reunited her with her family.

• Chu Fan considered the risks of cultivating the Youdu Soul Refining Technique and Tiandu Black Flame Art, then chose to strengthen his Demon Dragon Celestial Gang Scripture instead.
• A Skeleton Strange Entity trapped Chu Fan in a seductive dream, but he used the Youdu Soul Refining Technique’s incantation to break free and absorb it into the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Chu Fan encountered Liu Lingling’s father and younger sister searching for the village women captured by Overturning Heaven Saber, knocked them unconscious, and promised to rescue the captives.
• Chu Fan reached the bandit stronghold, killed Overturning Heaven Saber and a Black-Robed Woman from the Moon Worshipping Sect, and learned that the sect’s members sought a Key that could communicate with the Ancient God.
• Chu Fan killed the remaining bandits and their accomplices, then let the Ten Thousand Soul Banner devour their souls.
• Chu Fan found the captured women, learned that one of them was Liu Lingling, and cut through their restraints.