Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong guided Feng Shayan through Martial Soul Awakening, revealing a rare shadow-based Martial Soul that could act as her clone. After Feng Shayan agreed to study with Ning Rongrong, the two connected over her frustration with her father’s plans and set off together to have fun.

• Feng Zhenghao introduced Ning Rongrong to Feng Shayan and explained that he hoped Martial Soul Awakening would give his daughter a new power.
• Ning Rongrong awakened Feng Shayan’s Martial Soul, which appeared as a shadow clone capable of sharing vision, acting independently, and shifting between tangible and intangible forms.
• Ning Rongrong found that Feng Shayan had no Innate Soul Power and that her Soul Power measurement did not fit the usual range, so she and Feng Zhenghao agreed that Feng Shayan would study with Ning Rongrong and Xie Yue.
• After Feng Zhenghao left, Ning Rongrong recognized Feng Shayan’s resentment toward her father’s arrangements and advised her to prove herself through her actions.
• Feng Shayan invited Ning Rongrong to a place for young people to have fun, and they drove off in a sports car.

Ning Rongrong encouraged Feng Shayan to think independently, and Feng Shayan began developing her cultivation and resisting some of her father’s arrangements. Meanwhile, Chen Duo regained her independent consciousness, and Xie Yue agreed to teach her a method to control her Gu Poison so she could leave the Dark Fortress.

• Feng Zhenghao let Feng Shayan and Ning Rongrong spend time together without sending anyone to follow them.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Feng Shayan to make her own choices, and the two went to a bar, where Feng Shayan drank too much and later remembered little of their conversation.
• Feng Shayan learned to cultivate, absorb an Artificial Spirit Ring, and use Spirit Binding and General Dispatching on her own Shadow Martial Soul to double her strength.
• The Dark Fortress restored Chen Duo’s independent consciousness, and Liao Zhong asked Xie Yue to help her control the Gu Poison.
• Xie Yue confirmed Chen Duo could cultivate and promised to teach her a method that could let her leave the Dark Fortress and find Chen Junyan.

Chen Duo mastered the Poison Core Technique and left the Dark Fortress, while Xu Xiang’s investigation of Zhang Chulan intensified after Zhang Xilin’s grave was dug up. Feng Baobao lured Zhang Chulan to the cemetery, where she threatened to bury him alive to expose whether he had hidden abilities.

• Chen Duo swallowed Xie Yue’s Poison Bead, endured the Gu Poison’s backlash, and completed the Poison Core Technique before becoming a regional temporary worker.
• Xie Yue warned Xu Xiang that Zhang Chulan might have learned to hide his abilities during the seven years before company surveillance began.
• In 2016, Xu Xiang learned that Zhang Xilin’s grave and the surrounding graves had been dug open, and he ordered Feng Baobao to contact Zhang Chulan under a new identity.
• Feng Baobao accepted Liao Zhong’s request to look into the missing daughter of the Corpse-Driving Liu Clan, whom Xie Yue suspected was connected to the grave disturbance.
• Using the alias Zhang Baobao, Feng Baobao lured Zhang Chulan to the cemetery, struck him with a shovel, and threatened to bury him alive while he called her Big Sis.

Zhang Chulan revealed his Golden Light Spell when Feng Baobao tested him, then she claimed authority over him and shattered his Protective Golden Light. Meanwhile, Xie Yue tracked Zhang Xilin’s remains to Lv Liang and Liu Yanyan, and told Liu Yanyan that joining Quanxing made her a target for every Outsider.

• Zhang Chulan climbed out of Feng Baobao’s pit, fought the Zombies with his Golden Light Spell, and was secretly recorded by Feng Baobao and Xu Xiang.
• Feng Baobao confronted Zhang Chulan at college, showed him the recording, and forced him to activate his Protective Golden Light, which she shattered with one slash.
• Xie Yue arrived at the demolition district while Lv Liang and Liu Yanyan extracted memories from Zhang Xilin’s corpse.
• Lv Liang refused to let Liu Yanyan join Quanxing, but Xie Yue revealed that joining only required declaring oneself a member and exposed Lv Liang’s deception.
• Liu Yanyan refused to return home, and Xie Yue warned her that all Outsiders were permitted to kill Quanxing members.

Xie Yue confronted Liu Yanyan about Quanxing and tried to take her home, then faced Lv Liang and Xia He while investigating Zhang Xilin’s corpse. The chapter ended with Quanxing’s acting sect leader, Gong Qing, arriving to intervene.

• Xie Yue explained Quanxing’s history and warned Liu Yanyan that joining it meant facing the consequences of its lawlessness.
• Liu Yanyan challenged Xie Yue’s authority to take her back, and he explained that the Company protected Outsiders and ordinary people alike.
• Xie Yue threatened Lv Liang, then held a blade to his neck after Lv Liang tried to call for help.
• Xia He tried to use her ability on Xie Yue, but his calm state of mind made him immune to it.
• Xie Yue questioned Xia He and Lv Liang about Quanxing and Ding Jiao'an, and Xia He admitted they could not fight him.
• Gong Qing arrived after learning about Zhang Xilin and found Xie Yue confronting Lv Liang and Xia He.

Xie Yue defeated Quanxing’s group with a single slash, recovered Zhang Xilin’s remains, and brought Liu Yanyan to Na Du Tong. He discovered a hidden secret beneath the River of Divine Punishment and left the investigation for later, while Zhang Chulan arrived at the company and learned more about its unusual staff.

• Xie Yue threatened Xia He and Lv Liang, then told Gong Qing he would end the matter with one slash.
• Xie Yue unleashed Full Moon and demolished the old urban village, while Gong Qing evaded the attack by falling backward into a crater.
• Lv Liang revealed that he had extracted Zhang Xilin’s memories, and Gong Qing decided Quanxing needed a new base.
• Xie Yue took Liu Yanyan and Zhang Xilin’s remains to the River of Divine Punishment, sensed something connected to Ye Qing beneath the water, and returned to the company to investigate later.
• Zhang Chulan arrived at Na Du Tong after Feng Baobao defeated him and reacted with disbelief to the company’s employees and manual labor.

Zhang Chulan learned about the Outsider world and was forced to join Na Du Tong as a temporary worker. After Quanxing revealed that he possessed the Origin of Qi, the upcoming Luo Tian Da Jiao and his grandfather’s possible ties to Longhu Mountain drew the attention of powerful groups.

• Xu San and Xu Xiang explained the Outsider world to Zhang Chulan, exposed that Feng Baobao had shared his private details, and tried to recruit him into Na Du Tong.
• Feng Baobao beat Zhang Chulan until he signed an employment agreement, while Liu Yanyan arrived with Zhang Xilin’s corpse and was made to kowtow before it.
• Zhang Chulan sought Xie Yue’s protection, then learned that Liu Yanyan had dug up his grandfather’s grave and would receive counseling at the company.
• Xie Yue revealed that Quanxing had announced Zhang Chulan possessed the Origin of Qi, attracting the Under Heaven Association, Longhu Mountain, and other groups.
• Xu Xiang and Xie Yue connected Zhang Xilin to Longhu Mountain and discussed the Old Celestial Master’s announcement of the Luo Tian Da Jiao.
• Xie Yue suggested that Feng Shayan test Zhang Chulan after Feng Zhenghao requested a meeting.

Zhang Chulan was abducted from his dorm and tested by Zhang Lingyu, revealing that he could use the Yang Five Thunders and earning an invitation to Longhu Mountain’s Luo Tian Da Jiao. Meanwhile, Xie Yue found a mysterious fragment, prompting Zhuge Yun and Zhuge Dali to believe the Zhuge Clan would soon reenter the world.

• Zhang Chulan was taken from his dorm by people from Longhu Mountain and the Under Heaven Association, who argued over who would test him first.
• Zhang Chulan chose to fight Zhang Lingyu, but Zhang Lingyu shattered his Golden Light Spell with ease.
• Zhang Chulan revealed the Yang Five Thunders and Palm Thunder, then clashed with Zhang Lingyu’s Water Filth Thunder.
• Feng Baobao stopped Zhang Lingyu’s lightning, and Zhang Lingyu declared Zhang Chulan qualified to join Longhu Mountain’s Luo Tian Da Jiao.
• Feng Shayan invited Zhang Chulan to meet her father, and he rode with her to the Under Heaven Association.
• Xie Yue found a mysterious fragment in a man-made canal, while Zhuge Yun and Zhuge Dali discussed the Zhuge Clan’s impending return to the world.

Zhuge Gong brought Zhuge Qing to the Zhuge Clan’s Floating Mountain, where Zhuge Qing faced a trial that tested his mastery of Marquis Wu Qimen and strengthened his Qi and body. After reaching the summit, he met Zhuge Dali and Zhuge Yun, added them on Super Message, and was told to keep the place secret.

• Zhuge Gong revealed the Floating Mountain’s Spirit Qi to Zhuge Qing and explained that he had to reach the summit before dawn.
• Zhuge Qing discovered the waterfall’s shifting formations and followed its changing gate of life instead of climbing straight through the punishing water.
• Zhuge Qing passed the mountain’s successive formations and reached the summit, where Zhuge Dali asked him to add her on Super Message.
• Zhuge Gong explained that the Spirit Qi had greatly strengthened Zhuge Qing and ordered him not to tell anyone about the mountain, including Bai.
• Zhuge Qing browsed Zhuge Dali’s Super Message Moments, looking for clues about cultivation inheritances.

Lu Jin offered the Heavenly Talisman as a prize for the Luo Tian Da Jiao, drawing Wang Ye’s attention and prompting Zhou Meng to reveal the Zhuge Clan’s ancient ancestor and a formidable Zhuge rival. At a banquet, Feng Zhenghao invited Zhang Chulan to join the Under Heaven Association and suggested he pursue Feng Shayan, who rejected the idea before Feng Zhenghao challenged Zhang Chulan to a match.

• Lu Jin offered the Heavenly Talisman as a Luo Tian Da Jiao prize, and Zhuge Qing reviewed the news while adjusting to his transformed power.
• Zhou Meng showed Wang Ye Lu Jin’s announcement and urged him to attend the Luo Tian Da Jiao, but Wang Ye remained reluctant.
• Zhou Meng told Wang Ye that the Zhuge Clan’s current Old Ancestor had lived for centuries and that a Zhuge Clan participant would likely be his greatest enemy.
• Feng Zhenghao invited Zhang Chulan to join the Under Heaven Association, citing the chance to investigate Zhang Xilin’s murder and Zhang Chulan’s father’s disappearance.
• Feng Zhenghao suggested Zhang Chulan pursue Feng Shayan, but she refused to accept someone she had just met and considered lacking integrity.
• Feng Zhenghao asked Zhang Chulan to fight him after confirming that Zhang Chulan had recovered from his match with Zhang Lingyu.

Feng Shayan challenged Zhang Chulan to test his character and her own strength, defeating him with her Martial Soul before he surrendered. Afterward, Feng Zhenghao showed her a document about the Feng Clan’s past and warned her that the Wang Clan was their eternal enemy, but that they must conceal the feud for now.

• Feng Shayan chose Zhang Chulan as her opponent, offering him her car if he won so he would agree to fight.
• At the Under Heaven Association’s underground arena, Feng Shayan revealed her Martial Soul and sent Zhang Chulan flying with an unexpected attack.
• Feng Shayan’s spirit-form Martial Soul pierced Zhang Chulan’s Protective Golden Light, and Zhang Chulan surrendered rather than reveal his full strength.
• Feng Zhenghao told Feng Shayan that he respected her dislike of Zhang Chulan and would not force her to pursue him.
• Feng Zhenghao handed Feng Shayan a document about her great-grandfather and the Feng Clan, then told her to keep their enmity with the Wang Clan secret for the time being.

Feng Zhenghao told Feng Shayan that the Wang Clan had forced their ancestor to surrender Spirit Binding and General Dispatching, then urged her to cripple a Wang Clan heir at the Luo Tian Da Jiao. He tested her abilities in a fierce spar, and the chapter ended with Zhang Chulan following a suspicious trail to meet Lv Liang.

• Feng Zhenghao revealed that Feng Tianyang had surrendered Spirit Binding and General Dispatching to the Wang Clan to protect the Feng Clan.
• Feng Zhenghao asked Feng Shayan to fight ruthlessly at the Luo Tian Da Jiao and target a Wang Clan participant, while keeping their grudge secret.
• Feng Zhenghao sparred with Feng Shayan and saw her Martial Soul use Spirit Skills, Spatial Channels, and Martial Soul Possession.
• Feng Shayan overwhelmed Feng Zhenghao with a barrage of attacks, leaving his office in ruins and impressing him.
• Zhang Chulan followed a furtive lead downstairs from the company and found Lv Liang waiting for him.

After Lv Liang gave Zhang Chulan fragments of Zhang Xilin’s memories, Zhang Chulan confronted Xu Xiang and learned that his grandfather had asked Xie Yue to kill him after a battle. As Zhang Chulan began training for the Luo Tian Da Jiao, Zhuge Qing traveled toward Longhu Mountain with his Old Ancestor, who said Marquis Wu Qimen had foretold a great upheaval there.

• Zhang Chulan seized Lv Liang in an alley, but Lv Liang gave him a golden ball containing edited fragments of Zhang Xilin’s memories before leaving.
• Zhang Chulan rushed to the company and accused Xu Xiang of witnessing Xie Yue kill his grandfather, and Xu Xiang restrained him and explained that Zhang Xilin had requested the fatal strike after being afflicted with Tang Sect Dan Shi.
• Xu Xiang told Zhang Chulan that the Luo Tian Da Jiao was his best chance to learn what had happened, and he explained that Xie Yue’s blade had cut down the old district where Zhang Xilin’s body and Quanxing members had been hidden.
• Feng Baobao began training Zhang Chulan in the Origin of Qi, while Xu Xiang confronted Xu Si over the strange techniques he had taught him and gave him a new hat and glasses.
• Zhuge Qing headed to the airport with Zhuge Bai and his Old Ancestor, who said Marquis Wu Qimen had predicted a great upheaval at Longhu Mountain.

Zhuge Dali and the Zhuge brothers were delayed on their way to Longhu Mountain after Zhuge Yun secretly packed prohibited items in her luggage, and she foiled an attacker at their hotel. At the Luo Tian Da Jiao, Zhuge Dali reunited with Zhang Zhiwei and warned that Longhu Mountain would face trouble as Zhang Chulan arrived.

• Zhuge Dali explained to Zhuge Qing why Warlocks avoided divining their own futures and discussed historical figures with him.
• Airport security found a sword, powder, and other prohibited items in Zhuge Dali's luggage, causing her and the Zhuge brothers to miss their flight.
• Zhuge Dali confronted Zhuge Yun, who admitted he had packed the items to protect her, then stopped an attempted attack at the hotel while Zhuge Qing drove off the assailant.
• Zhuge Dali and the others flew to Longhu Mountain as Outsiders gathered for the Luo Tian Da Jiao.
• Zhang Chulan learned that Zhuge Dali would not compete and watched her warn Zhang Zhiwei that Longhu Mountain would not be peaceful.
• Zhang Zhiwei recognized Zhang Chulan as his junior brother's grandson and remarked that Chulan resembled him in bearing.

Zhang Chulan learned that his grandfather Zhang Huaiyi had been Zhang Zhiwei’s junior brother, but Zhang Zhiwei refused to explain the past until Zhang Chulan earned the right to inherit the Celestial Master title. As the Luo Tian Da Jiao advanced, Feng Zhenghao moved his plan against the Wang Clan forward after Wang Bing caused Wang Zizhong’s spirit to be destroyed, and Feng Shayan prepared to face him.

• Zhang Zhiwei revealed Zhang Xilin’s true identity as Zhang Huaiyi and told Zhang Chulan he had to qualify for the Celestial Master succession before learning more.
• Zhang Chulan crossed into Longhu Mountain’s back mountain and entered the tournament, where he advanced by tricking his opponents rather than displaying his full strength.
• Zhuge Qing learned that Zhuge Bai had lost to Jin Meng, who was then defeated by the obscure Wudang contestant Wang Ye.
• Feng Zhenghao told Feng Shayan that Wang Bing had tried to devour Wang Zizhong’s spirit, forcing Feng Xingtong to use the Treasure-Breaking Qingfeng Order and leaving him badly injured.
• Feng Zhenghao ordered Feng Shayan to defeat and kill Wang Bing, revealing that he had moved the plan against the Wang Clan forward with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile’s help.
• Feng Shayan whispered to Feng Baobao, who forfeited their match, allowing Feng Shayan to advance and face Wang Bing.

Feng Baobao forfeited to help Feng Shayan advance, while Zhang Chulan learned that Zhuge Qing had also withdrawn from his match. At Longhu Mountain, Feng Shayan used her Spirit Bone to strike Wang Bing with soul-rending force, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Feng Baobao told Zhang Chulan she had forfeited because Feng Shayan needed to advance, and Zhang Chulan revealed Zhuge Qing had forfeited against him as well.
• Feng Zhenghao and Feng Shayan discussed avenging Wang Zizhong by making Wang Bing's death look like an accident, and Feng Shayan prepared her artificial Spirit Bone's Soul Plunder ability.
• Feng Shayan faced Wang Bing while Zhang Chulan faced Zhang Lingyu in a separate arena, and Wang Bing taunted her about Feng Xingtong and the spirit he had devoured.
• Feng Zhenghao warned Wang Ai that he knew the history of Spirit Consumption and promised to repay the Wang Clan for what happened to Feng Tianyang and Wang Zizhong.
• Feng Shayan faked being kicked away, dodged Wang Bing's next attack, and struck his chest with a blow that shattered bones and tore at his soul.

Feng Shayan killed Wang Bing during the tournament, escalating the Feng and Wang Clans’ feud, while Quanxing began its assault on Longhu Mountain that night. Zhang Zhiwei’s attempts to pass the Celestial Master Inheritance to Zhang Chulan failed, and Zhang Chulan was forced out of the room in golden light.

• Feng Shayan defeated Wang Bing with a punch that shattered his Life Soul, and Liu Xingyang realized Wang Bing could not be saved.
• Wang Ai confronted Feng Zhenghao after discovering his grandson was dead, but Zhang Zhiwei and Longhu Mountain’s rules stopped him from attacking; Feng Shayan was disqualified.
• Quanxing members discussed how Wang Bing’s death had changed the tournament and prepared to act that night.
• Zhang Lingyu won the Heavenly Talisman, while Zhang Chulan followed Zhang Zhiwei to undergo the Celestial Master Inheritance.
• Xie Yue confronted Quanxing invaders on Longhu Mountain and carved a ravine with his blade, while the attackers scattered around him.
• Zhang Zhiwei’s third attempt to pass on the inheritance failed because Zhang Chulan hesitated, and Zhang Zhiwei sent him from the room covered in golden light.

After Zhang Chulan refused the Celestial Master Inheritance, Zhang Zhiwei joined the fight against Quanxing while the company’s forces surrounded the mountain. Xie Yue continued battling Quanxing members and entered Gao Ning’s emotion-altering array, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Zhang Chulan told Zhang Zhiwei that Longhu Mountain needed him more than it needed the Celestial Master Inheritance, and Zhang Zhiwei went to fight Quanxing.
• Zhang Zhiwei stopped Zhong Qiang’s attack with one finger, shattered his device, and struck him into a wall after Zhang Chulan’s remark.
• Xu Xiang showed Liu Yanyan the injured and dead Quanxing members, explaining that their fates depended on whom they encountered.
• Xie Yue reflected on merging killing intent with his blade and continued defeating Quanxing members without killing them.
• Xie Yue sensed Gao Ning’s emotion-altering domain and entered the Twelve Laboring Emotions Array, where Lu Jin was already overwhelming the Quanxing members.

Xie Yue subdued Lu Jin and used Gao Ning’s emotional ability to test his killing intent before taking Lu Jin to Zhang Zhiwei. He then struck a trade with Zhang Zhiwei: in exchange for a rematch, he would help Xia He control her Charm ability, and Soul Power began to emerge from her.

• Quanxing members fled when Xie Yue stopped them and demanded that Gao Ning stay behind.
• Xie Yue fought Berserk Lu Jin while Gao Ning tried to provoke his killing intent, then used Heart Slash: Stillness to knock Lu Jin unconscious.
• Xie Yue carried Lu Jin to Zhang Zhiwei and found him speaking with Xia He, while Zhang Lingyu had gone to the Front Mountain.
• Xie Yue offered to help Xia He control her Innate Supernatural Ability in exchange for Zhang Zhiwei fighting him again, and Zhang Zhiwei accepted.
• Xie Yue told Xia He to place her hand on his Soul Power, and pink Soul Power burst from her body as a phantom appeared.

Xia He discovered that her Shadow Fox Martial Soul let her control her Charm, while the company’s forces closed in on Quanxing across Longhu Mountain. Zhang Chulan witnessed Xiao Zizai’s brutal killing of Quanxing members, and Xiao Yuzi encountered someone remarkably similar to himself at Tian Jinzhong’s residence.

• Xia He awakened her Shadow Fox Martial Soul, used Martial Soul Possession, and gained control over her Charm.
• Xia He left the Old Celestial Master and blended into the crowd below Longhu Mountain as the company closed its net around Quanxing.
• Zhang Chulan found Lu Linglong and Zhi Jinhua besieged by Tu Junfang, then Liao Zhong, Chen Duo, and Xiao Zizai arrived to confront the Quanxing members.
• Tu Junfang retreated, and Xiao Zizai killed the remaining Quanxing members while Zhang Chulan and Lu Linglong watched in horror.
• Zhang Chulan questioned whether the company’s Temporary Workers were all abnormal, and Liao Zhong revealed that Chen Duo was one.
• Xiao Yuzi encountered someone extremely similar to himself at Tian Jinzhong’s residence.