Chapter Summaries

Tang Yu completed Wuji Group’s share distribution, then learned that the Nine Heavens Alliance was connected to the Gale underground boxing arena and went there under the alias Ling Jun. He asked to meet Qiu Zitong, the undefeated fighter whose tattoo identified her as an Alliance member.

• Tang Yu welcomed Qi Ruoyan, finalized the share contracts, and told Wuji Group’s executives he would keep capable staff and remove the rest.
• Huang Xiaoyun told Tang Yu that the Nine Heavens Alliance had people at Gale and that Qiu Zitong had won an extraordinary streak of fights there.
• Tang Yu suspected the Alliance might lead him to the missing Ye Qiu and set out for Gale after saying goodbye to Yun Shishi.
• Tang Yu changed his appearance, entered the arena after revealing his Heaven Realm cultivation, and introduced himself as Ling Jun.
• Tang Yu tipped a qipao-clad waitress and asked her to contact Qiu Zitong, who had just finished her fortieth consecutive victory.

Qiu Zitong prepared to leave the underground boxing arena but spotted Tang Yu, a young Heaven Realm expert, and agreed to fight him. Their bout began with Tang Yu using Flame Fist and defensive techniques to counter her attacks, and he seized her wrists as she landed.

• Qiu Zitong told the cheongsam beauty she was leaving because the arena's fighters were too weak, then noticed Tang Yu and sensed that he could pose a danger.
• Qiu Zitong accepted Tang Yu's challenge and kicked the two Earth Realm fighters out of the ring to start their match.
• Tang Yu suppressed his strength to the middle stage of the Heaven Realm and struck at Qiu Zitong, who caught his fist before Flame Fist's heat forced her to let go.
• Qiu Zitong launched more than sixty spinning kicks, but Tang Yu blocked them without injury.
• When Qiu Zitong landed to catch her breath, Tang Yu grabbed her wrists and tried to pin her down.

Tang Yu, using the name Ling Jun, fought Qiu Zitong at the Gale Sect arena and concealed his true strength while seeking her help to enter the Nine Heavens Alliance. He ended their fierce match in a draw, leaving Qiu Zitong impressed and remembering his name.

• Qiu Zitong trapped Tang Yu in her Snake Bind, and he endured the hold while pretending to struggle.
• Tang Yu escaped by licking Qiu Zitong's leg, then criticized her for letting go during a fight.
• Tang Yu introduced himself as Ling Jun, and Qiu Zitong challenged him to fight seriously.
• Tang Yu and Qiu Zitong fought fiercely for ten minutes, damaging the arena as the Gale Sect's sect master watched.
• Tang Yu arranged a draw by trading blows with Qiu Zitong, avoiding a decisive win or loss.

Tang Yu fought Qiu Zitong to a draw at an underground boxing arena, where she invited him to join the Nine Heavens Alliance after explaining she wanted a child with him for his talent. He agreed to go the next day, accepted a paid position as an honorary guest at the arena, and told Ling Han and Chi Yin he would investigate Ye Qiu’s plans alone.

• Tang Yu and Qiu Zitong fought to a draw, and she offered to have a child with him because she wanted a descendant with exceptional talent; he refused.
• Qiu Zitong invited Tang Yu to cultivate at the Nine Heavens Alliance, and he agreed to meet her the following day after handling personal matters.
• Dou Changyun hired Tang Yu as an honorary guest of the Gale Sect’s underground boxing arena for an annual salary of thirty million.
• Tang Yu returned home and told Ling Han and Chi Yin about the fight and his plan to join the Nine Heavens Alliance.
• Tang Yu told Ling Han and Chi Yin to stay behind while he investigated what Ye Qiu was doing.

Tang Yu prepared gifts before departing, while Ye Qiu reached the Nine Heavens Alliance and faced its Heart-Questioning Trial. Ye Qiu awakened in record time, but his arrival left him consumed by rage at Tang Yu.

• Tang Yu took Chi Yin and another woman shopping, buying two suitcases of luxury cosmetics and watches as gifts for his hosts.
• Ye Qiu followed a mountain path to a waterfall that served as the entrance to the Nine Heavens Alliance.
• The Heart-Questioning Trial made Ye Qiu relive humiliations involving the Lin Family and visions of Tang Yu with Lin Wanxi.
• Second Elder and a middle-aged gatekeeper watched Ye Qiu’s trial and wagered on how quickly he would awaken.
• Ye Qiu cursed Tang Yu and broke free of the illusion after the incense had burned only a quarter, setting a record for the Nine Heavens Alliance.

Ye Qiu passed the Nine Heavens Alliance’s entrance tests by concealing his ties to the Ye Family of Yanjing and presenting himself as the disciple of the deceased Seventh. The Second Elder accepted him as a potential disciple, while Ye Qiu recognized the elder as one of the people he intended to kill for the Ye Family’s destruction.

• After the Heart-Questioning Trial, Ye Qiu told the Second Elder that the illusion had shown him an enemy and gave his real name.
• The Second Elder tested Ye Qiu with Heart-Questioning Incense, and it burned when Ye Qiu said he was not from the Ye Family of Yanjing.
• Ye Qiu said his deceased master had sent him and showed the Second Elder a Blood Jade Pendant; the elder recognized it as the Seventh’s and learned that he had died ten years earlier.
• Ye Qiu demonstrated the Yin-Yang True Dragon Art, and the Second Elder asked whether the Seventh had left any final words.
• The Second Elder identified himself as Qiu Fenghan, the Seventh’s biological brother, and offered to take Ye Qiu as his disciple if he performed well.
• Ye Qiu realized that Qiu Fenghan belonged to the Nine Great Elders he blamed for the Ye Family massacre and silently renewed his hatred.

Ye Qiu joined the Nine Heavens Alliance as an outer sect disciple while concealing his plan to avenge the Ye Family. After dismissing an attempt by the outside-clan disciples to befriend him, he returned to cultivating as Senior Brother Wang left angrily.

• Qiu Fenghan brought Ye Qiu to the outer sect and explained that he would need to take the assessment at the end of the month to advance.
• Ye Qiu registered, received his keys, and went to his bare room to cultivate.
• Two Qiu clan reception disciples mocked Ye Qiu for leaving without thanking them and wondered how he would fare.
• Several outside-clan disciples led by Senior Brother Wang came to introduce themselves, but Ye Qiu said he had to cultivate and shut the door on them.
• Senior Brother Wang and the others cursed Ye Qiu, and Wang left, warning that they would see how long his arrogance lasted.

Ye Qiu fought the Qiu disciples on the sparring platform and left their leader grievously injured, then Tang Yu finally woke from the Heart-Questioning Trial after nearly two incense sticks had burned. The chapter left Tang Yu’s unusually long trial completed, though his performance fell far short of the gatekeeper’s comparison.

• The Qiu disciples challenged Ye Qiu to a fight, and he agreed before they reached the sparring platform.
• Ye Qiu defeated the Qiu disciples, pinned Qiu Wuyi down, and stomped him grievously when an outer sect elder ordered him to stop.
• Ye Qiu defended himself by saying the Qiu disciples had challenged him and invoked the Second Elder’s authority before leaving the platform.
• Tang Yu underwent the Heart-Questioning Trial, where he saw an illusion filled with beautiful women, and the gatekeeper wondered why he was smiling.
• Tang Yu woke after nearly two incense sticks had burned, just before he would have failed the trial.

Tang Yu passed the Heart-Questioning Trial, bargained for incense, and followed Qiu Zitong into the Nine Heavens Alliance. Qiu Zitong left him with Zhu Qingqing, who teased him about living in the female disciples’ quarters, and Tang Yu insisted she keep her word.

• Tang Yu explained that he had seen delicious food in the illusion, then asked the gatekeeper for Heart-Questioning Incense and received three sticks after giving him a Rolex watch.
• Qiu Zitong told Tang Yu to call her Senior Sister and began explaining his status as an outer disciple before deciding to leave him with a friend.
• Qiu Zitong brought Tang Yu to the female disciples’ quarters, where Zhu Qingqing asked whether he had fought Qiu Wuyi and his group.
• Tang Yu denied being the troublemaker, and Qiu Zitong hurried off to find her grandpa and dad.
• Zhu Qingqing teased Tang Yu for looking pretty and suggested he live in the female disciples’ quarters; Tang Yu told her he hated dishonest people and demanded she keep her word.

Tang Yu settled into the Nine Heavens Alliance by winning over fellow disciples with cosmetics, luxury watches, and flattery. When Qiu Wuji arrived to confront the newcomer who had beaten his younger brother, Tang Yu mistook him for Louis Koo and left him pleased with the comparison.

• Tang Yu gave cosmetics to the female disciples, and Zhu Qingqing helped him complete his paperwork and settle into his room.
• Tang Yu gave luxury watches to Wang Kangping and the three disciples sharing his courtyard, earning their goodwill and declining their invitation to drink.
• Wang Kangping arranged to meet Tang Yu the next day for an elder's lecture and praised him after leaving.
• Qiu Wuji came to Tang Yu's residence intending to avenge his younger brother, Qiu Wuyi, believing Tang Yu was the newcomer who had injured him.
• Tang Yu greeted Qiu Wuji as Louis Koo and flattered him by claiming they looked alike, improving Qiu Wuji's mood.

Tang Yu led Qiu Wuji to Ye Qiu’s courtyard, then watched the two leave for the fighting platform to settle their dispute. Before following them, Tang Yu caught a habitual thief rummaging through Ye Qiu’s room and talked him into offering help in the future.

• Qiu Wuji asked Tang Yu to lead him to Ye Qiu, and Tang Yu showed him the courtyard.
• Qiu Wuji emerged with Ye Qiu, and the two headed to the fighting platform for another match.
• Tang Yu spotted a middle-aged man sneaking into Ye Qiu’s room and confronted him as he searched through the belongings.
• The thief offered Tang Yu stolen pills and a dagger, but Tang Yu rejected them and defended the theft with a persuasive speech.
• The middle-aged man gave Tang Yu everything he had stolen and promised to help him in the future, and Tang Yu decided to go watch the fight.

Ye Qiu sparred with Qiu Wuji before a crowd of Nine Heavens Alliance outer disciples, revealing that he was far stronger than his opponent expected. After nearly knocking Qiu Wuji off the arena, Ye Qiu taunted him to continue, intent on making an example of him.

• Outer disciples gathered to watch Ye Qiu spar with Qiu Wuji, and Tang Yu joined Qiu Zitong among the spectators.
• Qiu Wuji gave Ye Qiu time to recover before they agreed to begin when a tossed coin hit the ground.
• Ye Qiu and Qiu Wuji exchanged a rapid flurry of punches, with Ye Qiu landing more strikes and showing his superior speed.
• Ye Qiu unleashed more than twenty kicks, then used the stacked hidden force in his attacks to send Qiu Wuji flying toward the edge of the arena.
• Qiu Wuji stopped himself from falling, while Ye Qiu called him trash and beckoned him to keep fighting.

Ye Qiu defeated Qiu Wuji but continued attacking him until an outer sect elder intervened. Ye Qiu then clashed with the elder, while Tang Yu turned the disciples against Ye Qiu by condemning his brutality.

• Qiu Wuji used a power-boosting technique and attacked Ye Qiu, but his strength faded and Ye Qiu struck a crucial acupoint to disable him.
• Ye Qiu kicked the defenseless Qiu Wuji repeatedly, driven by hatred for the Qiu family, until an outer sect elder rushed onto the platform and knocked him back.
• The elder gave Qiu Wuji a healing pill, then accused Ye Qiu of violating the sect’s rules and attacked him.
• Tang Yu pretended to be a bystander and criticized Ye Qiu’s martial ethics, prompting the outer disciples to agree with him.

Ye Qiu was badly beaten by Daguang after challenging him, then received a half-month punishment from Qiu Fenghan. Tang Yu used Facial Close-up to make Qiu Dabao publicly challenge the Second Elder, who promptly singled him out for private instruction.

• Ye Qiu repeatedly fought Daguang, who battered him until he could no longer fight.
• Qiu Fenghan arrived, stopped Daguang, and ordered Ye Qiu to reflect and perform tasks in the back mountain for half a month.
• Qiu Dabao objected to Qiu Fenghan's leniency and demanded that Ye Qiu be punished with the staff technique.
• Qiu Fenghan praised Qiu Dabao's boldness and invited him to receive personal martial arts instruction, leaving him so frightened that he fainted.
• Tang Yu revealed that he had used Facial Close-up to control Qiu Dabao's mouth and make him speak.

Qiu Fenghan took Ye Qiu to a waterfall and ordered him to cultivate beneath its freezing waters for twelve hours each day. Meanwhile, Tang Yu learned about the Nine Heavens Alliance over a hotpot meal and heard that the Saintess would teach the next day.

• Qiu Fenghan dismissed the outer sect disciples, gave the outer sect elder Everbright Pills for Wuji, and took Ye Qiu away.
• Qiu Fenghan brought Ye Qiu to cottages beside a waterfall and ordered him to cultivate under it for twelve hours daily until he returned in half a month.
• Ye Qiu endured the waterfall’s intense chill and realized that resisting it with his true qi was Qiu Fenghan’s form of extreme training.
• Wang Kangping and the other outer sect disciples from outside families invited Tang Yu to eat hotpot and drink with them.
• Tang Yu asked about the old conflict between the Ye Family and the Nine Heavens Alliance, but Wang Kangping knew little beyond the deaths of three elders and the Seventh Elder’s departure to seek revenge.
• Wang Kangping told Tang Yu that the Saintess would teach the next day, and the disciples described her as beautiful, aloof, and ill-tempered.

Tang Yu explored the Nine Heavens Alliance cafeteria and library while planning to gather intelligence with animals controlled by the Beast Taming Art. He met a pink-haired girl and lifted her to reach a book, unaware that everyone else recognized her and thought his action was reckless.

• Tang Yu got up early and joined Wang Kangping and the others for breakfast at the Nine Heavens Alliance cafeteria.
• Tang Yu learned that the Alliance kept its outer disciples isolated and that its library held miscellaneous books rather than cultivation manuals.
• Tang Yu planned to use the Beast Taming Art to control small animals and gather information, especially near the women's dormitory.
• Tang Yu went to the library and lifted a petite pink-haired girl so she could reach a novel on a high shelf.
• The girl took a romance novel, and Tang Yu set her down and called her young as she tightened her fists.

Tang Yu insulted Qiu Xiaozhu without realizing she was the Saintess, then encountered her again at the Martial Lecture Hall, where she could hear his thoughts. The chapter left Qiu Xiaozhu preparing to teach the outer sect disciples about the Heavenly Human Realm, which Tang Yu wanted to understand.

• Tang Yu teased Qiu Xiaozhu about her name and hair until she punched him across the ground.
• Wang Kangping told Tang Yu that Qiu Xiaozhu was the Saintess, and Tang Yu worried she might hold a grudge.
• Tang Yu attended the Martial Lecture Hall with Wang Kangping and saw Qiu Xiaozhu arrive carrying a domineering CEO novel.
• Qiu Xiaozhu heard Tang Yu's unspoken thoughts and realized she could hear his voice, while he privately called her Qiu Pear Syrup and assumed she was trying to get his attention.
• Qiu Xiaozhu changed her lesson from the Heaven Realm to the Heavenly Human Realm, drawing the disciples' interest and giving Tang Yu a chance to learn about the realm beyond his current peak.

Qiu Xiaozhu taught the outer disciples about the Heaven Realm and demonstrated its power by striking Tang Yu, who endured the attack with defensive techniques and pretended to be badly injured. She offered to take him as her disciple, but Tang Yu tried to refuse, leaving the disciples astonished and Wang Kangping admiring his supposed prudence.

• Qiu Xiaozhu explained the three stages of the Heaven Realm while Tang Yu silently cursed the Heavenly Dao.
• Qiu Xiaozhu chose Tang Yu for a demonstration, and Tang Yu tried to escape by claiming he needed the restroom.
• Qiu Xiaozhu struck Tang Yu with half the power of the Heaven Realm's first stage, but his defensive techniques blocked most of the force before he theatrically collapsed.
• Qiu Xiaozhu asked Tang Yu's name, praised his quick reaction, and offered to take him as her disciple.
• Tang Yu tried to decline Qiu Xiaozhu's offer, while the other outer disciples criticized him and Wang Kangping admired his restraint.

Qiu Xiaozhu forced Tang Yu to accept her as a disciple after interpreting his refusals as proof of his virtue. After class, she kept him by her side, while Tang Yu inwardly complained and tried to flatter her.

• Qiu Xiaozhu declared that Tang Yu had passed her test and made him her disciple despite his protests.
• Wang Kangping urged Tang Yu to accept Qiu Xiaozhu and received a bottle of Spirit-Concentrating Pills as a reward.
• Tang Yu reluctantly thanked Qiu Xiaozhu and planned to avoid her after class, but she stopped him as he tried to slip away.
• Qiu Xiaozhu took Tang Yu with her and made him carry her book while he complained inwardly about becoming her errand boy.
• Qiu Xiaozhu asked Tang Yu to crouch so she would not have to look up at him, then told him to stand again when it felt awkward.

Qiu Xiaozhu assigned Tang Yu to cultivate beneath a waterfall and clean her courtyard, where he encountered Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu revealed that he was Qiu Xiaozhu’s nephew, the surviving son of her late sister, and the chapter ended with Qiu Xiaozhu confronting the guilt she had carried over his fate.

• Qiu Xiaozhu took Tang Yu to her flower-filled courtyard and told him he would be responsible for cleaning it.
• Qiu Xiaozhu led Tang Yu through a bamboo forest to a waterfall, where Ye Qiu was cultivating, and ordered Tang Yu to cultivate there for twelve hours a day.
• Qiu Xiaozhu told Tang Yu to call Ye Qiu over, and Ye Qiu went to meet her after dressing.
• Ye Qiu called Qiu Xiaozhu “Auntie,” and she realized he was the son of her late sister, the former Holy Maiden.
• Ye Qiu claimed a Ye Family retainer had saved and raised him after the Ye Family’s destruction, while Qiu Xiaozhu recalled her sister’s death and her promise to protect the child.