Chapter Summaries

Outside Tianyang City, Qing Lingzi and Feng Xiaoran led cultivators in battle against a demonic beast horde, but a Corpse Star Python threatened to overwhelm their defenses. As a three-colored radiance arrived to aid them, Wei Suo searched nearby rocky hills for True Person Miao Dan’s ancient cave abode.

• Qing Lingzi deployed the Ice Soul Cold Light Formation while Feng Xiaoran used a jade talisman and a bell to hold back the approaching demonic beasts, beginning the battle outside Tianyang City.
• Feng Xiaoran engaged a Soul Devouring Ape, and a rigid white-robed cultivator arrived to help kill it before joining Feng Xiaoran against the Seven Sha Fire Phoenix.
• A yellow cloud from the approaching Corpse Star Python swallowed cultivators, prompting Qing Lingzi and Feng Xiaoran to consider retreating toward Tianyang City.
• The white-robed cultivator called for Senior Yun, and a tri-colored radiance flew from Tianyang City as the three cultivators faced the incoming threat.
• Wei Suo examined overgrown rocky hills and questioned the Green Robe Old Man about whether True Person Miao Dan’s cave abode was nearby.

Wei Suo tried to break into True Person Miao Dan’s cave residence and discovered a handsome cultivator inside who claimed it as his own. Their fight continued, with Wei Suo still intent on breaking the protective array.

• Wei Suo used the red beast and Blue Toad Powder to reveal the six entrances to True Person Miao Dan’s cave residence, then attacked the array with his lightning magic treasure.
• A handsome cultivator in goose-yellow robes appeared, told Wei Suo to wait, disappeared to tidy himself, and returned claiming the cave residence was his.
• Wei Suo and the cultivator argued over who could claim the cave’s treasures, and Wei Suo sent his Door-plank Flying Sword after him.
• The cultivator’s multicolored magic treasure froze the Door-plank Flying Sword, but Wei Suo struck him with Primordial Fierce Fire and kept blasting the protective array.
• The cultivator paused the fight to clean soot from his face and robes, then resumed attacking Wei Suo and explained that he had gone inside earlier to fix his hair.

Wei Suo encountered Zhang Zhouyu while attacking the cave abode and recognized his old friend from a past hunt, ending their fight and renewing their friendship. Zhang Zhouyu explained how the cave’s medicinal stones had aided his cultivation and said Feng Zhiyou would soon arrive, with a favor to ask Wei Suo.

• Wei Suo overwhelmed Shi Feiqing’s shield, but Shi Feiqing summoned Zhang Zhouyu for help.
• Wei Suo recognized Zhang Zhouyu from their hunt for a Two-headed Dog and revealed his identity, ending the confrontation.
• Zhang Zhouyu recognized Wei Suo as the famed Overbearing True Person and marveled at his cultivation.
• Zhang Zhouyu explained that he and Shi Feiqing had advanced by cultivating with medicinal stones that had absorbed the Divine Essence Ginseng Medicine Cauldron’s potency.
• Zhang Zhouyu told Wei Suo that Feng Zhiyou would soon arrive and invited him into the ravine to discuss a matter requiring his help.

Wei Suo agreed to help Zhang Zhouyu, Shi Feiqing, and Shi Changqing obtain a section of a Spiritual Earth Mother’s horn in exchange for a Ten Thousand Year Red Essence Fruit. When Feng Zhiyou returned, he recognized Wei Suo’s former alias and learned that he was the famed Overbearing True Person.

• Wei Suo learned that Zhang Zhouyu and his companions wanted to cut a section from the Spiritual Earth Mother’s horn and trade it for a Ten Thousand Year Red Essence Fruit.
• The Green Robe Old Man urged Wei Suo to seize the horn and the cave dwelling, but Wei Suo agreed to help in return for a share of the fruit for Han Weiwei and Ji Ya.
• Zhang Zhouyu explained that True Person Black Wolf still had the fruit and that Feng Zhiyou had gone to obtain the final items needed to lure the Spiritual Earth Mother into their formation.
• Wei Suo, Zhang Zhouyu, and Shi Changqing welcomed Feng Zhiyou when he returned to the pavilion.
• Zhang Zhouyu revealed that Wei Suo’s true name was Wei Suo, and Feng Zhiyou recognized him as the cultivator who had swept through the Eastern Yao Sacred Land and the Gathering Star Sect.

Wei Suo joined Feng Zhiyou and Zhang Zhouyu’s group as they prepared a trap to lure out a Spiritual Earth Mother. The timid beast followed a trail of pills into their valley ambush, where the chapter left it entering their trap.

• Zhang Zhouyu explained how the group had hidden refined metal in the valley and prepared it as an ambush site for the Spiritual Earth Mother.
• Wei Suo went with Feng Zhiyou to the ravine, while the vain Shi Feiqing refused to use the scent-masking liquid and stayed behind.
• Feng Zhiyou and Wei Suo placed green pills along the ravine, then returned to the valley, where Zhang Zhouyu concealed the group with a formation.
• The Spiritual Earth Mother emerged from beneath the ravine, ate the pills, and cautiously followed the trail toward the valley.
• After hesitating at the valley entrance and checking behind itself, the Spiritual Earth Mother gave in to temptation and floated inside.

Wei Suo and his companions trapped the Spiritual Earth Mother and cut off a small piece of its horn, then discovered that it was friendly toward cultivators and chiefly wanted spiritual medicine. The beast stayed alive and eagerly accepted more food instead of fleeing.

• Zhang Zhouyu trapped the Spiritual Earth Mother in a yellow formation while Feng Zhiyou, Shi Feiqing, and Wei Suo prepared their magic treasures and attacks.
• The Spiritual Earth Mother tried to escape underground, but Shi Feiqing hardened the earth and Zhang Zhouyu pulled it into the open.
• Wei Suo and Feng Zhiyou restrained the beast with repeated attacks, and Wei Suo used the Door-plank Flying Sword to sever a small piece of its horn.
• Feng Zhiyou and Shi Feiqing offered the Spiritual Earth Mother spiritual medicine, and the frightened beast realized they were not going to kill it.
• The Spiritual Earth Mother eagerly ate the medicine and approached Wei Suo and the others affectionately, prompting Feng Zhiyou to recall its reputation as an auspicious beast.

Wei Suo and his companions traded a Spiritual Earth Mother's horn for True Person Black Wolf's Blood Essence. As they completed the exchange, Wei Suo's transmission jade talisman lit up, and a brilliant streak of light burst from the waterfall.

• The Spiritual Earth Mother returned to its nest, leaving Wei Suo wishing he had a beast-controlling technique to command it.
• Zhang Zhouyu examined the heavy horn, and Feng Zhiyou led the group toward True Person Black Wolf's cave abode on the Pure Flower Flying Lotus.
• Feng Zhiyou offered the horn to Ni Qiucheng, True Person Black Wolf's disciple, who accepted it in exchange for the Blood Essence.
• Wei Suo's fish-shaped transmission jade talisman lit up, and a dazzling streak of escaping light shot out from above the waterfall.

Wei Suo saw a golden pavilion carrying someone who might be his long-lost friend Nangong Yuqing, and he asked True Person Black Wolf for help identifying its owner. After revealing his formidable cultivation to force the black-robed cultivator to cooperate, Wei Suo met True Person Black Wolf and explained that he wanted information about the pavilion.

• A golden pavilion streaked past the waterfall at astonishing speed, and the fish-shaped communication jade talisman at Wei Suo's waist stopped glowing.
• Wei Suo kept the Spiritual Earth Mother's horn and pressed the black-robed cultivator for information about the pavilion's occupant, then released his overwhelming cultivation pressure when the cultivator threatened him.
• The black-robed cultivator said the pavilion's passenger was visiting True Person Black Wolf, though he did not know the visitor's identity, and went to summon his master.
• Wei Suo told Zhang Zhouyu that he suspected his long-lost friend was aboard the pavilion, and Zhang Zhouyu teased him that she was his beloved.
• True Person Black Wolf appeared from behind the waterfall, accepted the Spiritual Earth Mother's horn, and asked Wei Suo why he wanted news of the golden pavilion.

Wei Suo learned that his old friend Nangong might be at Bliss Palace, controlled by the powerful and ruthless True Person Bliss. He agreed to attend a gathering there in three days with True Person Black Wolf, leaving the question of Nangong’s fate unresolved.

• Wei Suo asked True Person Black Wolf about the cultivator in the escaping light and learned he was True Person Bliss, a Golden Core Fourth Layer cultivator who ruled Bliss Palace.
• True Person Black Wolf explained that True Person Bliss would host a concubine-taking ceremony and a Golden Core trading gathering at Bliss Palace in three days.
• Zhang Zhouyu worried that Nangong Yuqing might be True Person Bliss’s concubine, and True Person Black Wolf warned that Bliss brutally punished anyone who showed interest in his women.
• Wei Suo revealed that his friend was surnamed Nangong and asked whether True Person Black Wolf had seen a tall female cultivator with True Person Bliss, but Black Wolf had not.
• Despite True Person Black Wolf’s warnings, Wei Suo insisted on attending the gathering to see Nangong, and Black Wolf agreed to bring him.
• True Person Black Wolf invited Wei Suo, Zhang Zhouyu, and the others to stay at his cave dwelling until they set out for Bliss Palace.

True Person Black Wolf led Wei Suo, Feng Zhiyou, Zhang Zhouyu, and Shi Changqing to his hidden cave abode, where they prepared to wait before traveling to Bliss Palace. As Wei Suo weighed his chances against True Person Bliss, the four friends became sworn brothers and gave Wei Suo techniques and magic treasures to help him face the danger.

• True Person Black Wolf revealed the illusion hiding his elaborate cave abode and offered the four visitors quiet rooms to cultivate in before their departure.
• After Black Wolf left, Wei Suo admitted he could at best protect himself against True Person Bliss, and Zhang Zhouyu guessed he would risk everything if Nangong Yuqing had been forced into becoming Bliss's concubine.
• Zhang Zhouyu proposed that Wei Suo, Feng Zhiyou, Shi Changqing, and he formally become sworn brothers, and they performed the ceremony over spirit wine.
• Zhang Zhouyu gave Wei Suo the complete Hidden Dragon Spits Pearl Art, while Shi Changqing lent him the Peacock Ming King Feather and Feng Zhiyou lent him the Pure Flower Flying Lotus.

Wei Suo accompanied True Person Black Wolf to Bliss Palace, hoping to deal with True Person Bliss over Nangong Yuqing. After entering the palace, they were escorted past golden-armored guards toward an obscured area within.

• Wei Suo learned the Hidden Dragon Spits Pearl Art and received the Peacock Ming King Feather, then heard that Nangong Yuqing had not yet become True Person Bliss's concubine.
• True Person Black Wolf brought Wei Suo to Bliss Palace and warned him to speak carefully because they were asking True Person Bliss for a favor.
• Wei Suo saw the enormous palace, recognized that an illusion formation concealed the mountain beneath it, and entered through its golden barrier with True Person Black Wolf.
• Two golden-armored guards admitted them after True Person Black Wolf introduced Wei Suo as a Golden Core cultivator attending the trade fair.
• Inside, Wei Suo noticed the palace suppressed his divine sense as two alluring female cultivators led them past ranks of golden-armored halberd bearers toward blue spiritual light and the sound of zithers and lutes.

Wei Suo and True Person Black Wolf arrived at a lavish gathering in Bliss Palace, where Wei Suo learned about the powerful Golden Core cultivators present and Black Wolf’s old rival, Qi Longwang. They took seats as more cultivators began arriving.

• Wei Suo and True Person Black Wolf passed through the blue light and entered Bliss Palace’s grand gathering hall.
• Wei Suo noticed several powerful Golden Core cultivators, and Lu Qi introduced Heavenly Sword True Person and Tian Jiu True Person.
• Lu Qi explained that Qi Longwang resented True Person Black Wolf because he suspected him of having an affair with his Dao companion, Qing Ping.
• Qi Longwang glared at Wei Suo and True Person Black Wolf while Qing Ping scolded him, and the three men sat down to talk.
• More Golden Core Stage cultivators arrived through the blue light.

Wei Suo attended an unusually large Golden Core cultivator gathering at the Bliss Palace, where he learned the identities and reputations of several powerful guests. As the gathering quieted at sunset, True Person Bliss arrived amid a grand procession, just as his concubine-taking ceremony was about to begin.

• Wei Suo learned that Li Ruohai, the Spirit Beast Palace Master and Xin Youlan's master, had arrived at the gathering.
• True Person Black Wolf and Lu Qi introduced Wei Suo to True Person Yunhan and True Person Jade Fox among the growing crowd of cultivators.
• Old Monster Zeng and True Person Tianluo arrived, and Wei Suo recognized that both were Golden Core Third Layer great cultivators.
• The gathering grew to more than forty Golden Core cultivators before the arrivals stopped and the hall fell quiet near sunset.
• A procession of female cultivators appeared outside the hall, and True Person Bliss emerged from the clouds and greeted the assembled guests.

Wei Suo was exposed as Overbearing True Person and admitted killing Huang Yazhi, prompting True Person Tianluo to demand the Rolling River Scroll. When Wei Suo refused Tianluo’s proposed trade, Tianluo challenged him to a wager duel, and the chapter ended as he explained its rules.

• True Person Tianluo recognized Wei Suo and accused him of killing Huang Yazhi, forcing True Person Bliss to suspend the trading gathering.
• Wei Suo admitted his identity and Huang Yazhi’s death, then explained that Huang Yazhi had attacked his cave residence first.
• Qi Longshan said the Idle Cloud Alliance did not protect members who initiated attacks, and warned that he and Qing Ping would leave if it became a rival sect.
• True Person Tianluo demanded the Rolling River Scroll, but Wei Suo offered to trade it only for Qingxu Vine and the Tíhú Sacred Fruit.
• True Person Tianluo proposed a three-match wager duel over the trade, and Wei Suo heard his explanation of the rules.

Wei Suo negotiated a wager duel with True Person Tianluo, agreeing that the losing side would surrender the Rolling River Scroll or a Grade True Dao Pill and Yang-boosting Ganoderma. The first contest began as an escape-speed race against He Wenxiu, but Wei Suo immediately attacked him with several spell techniques.

• Wei Suo persuaded True Person Tianluo to include Yang-boosting Ganoderma in the wager, and Tianluo placed the pill and herb on an ice pillar as stakes.
• True Person Tianluo explained the six possible contests and named himself, Du, and He Wenxiu as his side’s participants.
• Wei Suo chose He Wenxiu as his first opponent and let him select the contest.
• He Wenxiu chose an escape-speed race, and True Person Bliss set the distant hall roof as the finish line.
• At Tianluo’s signal, He Wenxiu transformed into black escape light while Wei Suo launched a Golden Crystal Light Pillar, Primordial Fierce Fire, and five-colored liquid at him.

Wei Suo lost the escape-speed wager to He but then defeated Du Kuyue in a contest of knowledge by identifying Du’s treasures and explaining the Sky Sand Toad Bead. Du willingly conceded, leaving Wei Suo’s second-round wager won.

• He used the Golden Wind Phantom Escape to evade Wei Suo’s attacks, then rode his Crimson Light Thunderbolt Shuttle to the palace roof and won the first wager.
• Wei Suo chose to compete with Du Kuyue in knowledge and discernment, surprising the gathered cultivators.
• Du Kuyue could not identify Wei Suo’s Guardian Ancient Talisman or the two-headed demonic beast, while Wei Suo identified Du’s Heavy Water Profound Pearl.
• Wei Suo recognized Du’s toad-shaped rootstock as a Sky Sand Toad Bead and explained that its inner bead could give its refiner an aura like a Divine Profound Realm cultivator.
• Du Kuyue split the rootstock, found the bead inside, and willingly conceded the round to Wei Suo.

Wei Suo explained the Sky Sand Toad Bead to Du Kuyue, who refined it and gained an aura that could deter most demon beasts. Wei Suo then chose a contest against True Person Tianluo that would pit them directly against each other, and True Person Bliss designated the plaza as their arena.

• Wei Suo told Du Kuyue that the Sky Sand Toad Bead could be quickly refined and its Divine Profound-like aura concealed or revealed at will.
• Du Kuyue swallowed the bead and developed a fragrant, milky-white aura that resembled the bodily transformation of a cultivator approaching the Divine Profound Realm.
• After roughly half an incense stick, Du Kuyue finished refining the bead, and True Person Bliss explained that its aura could frighten most demon beasts but offered no true Divine Profound pressure.
• True Person Tianluo pressed Wei Suo to proceed with their final contest, and Wei Suo chose the method of forcing his opponent out of a designated area.
• True Person Bliss designated the plaza, with a height limit of two hundred zhang, as the arena and said whoever was forced outside its bounds would lose.

Wei Suo challenged True Person Tianluo to a wagered duel and fought him in Bliss Palace's plaza. After Tianluo shattered Wei Suo's opening attacks, Wei Suo detonated an Annihilation Golden Core, leaving Tianluo engulfed in the blast.

• Wei Suo confirmed that the Idle Cloud Alliance would not retaliate if either duelist died, and True Person Tianluo agreed to the same terms.
• The cultivators cleared the plaza, and Wei Suo asked True Person Bliss to signal the duel so both fighters could attack at once.
• At the signal, Wei Suo unleashed Primordial Fierce Fire, the Rolling River Scroll, and several spirit creatures, but True Person Tianluo destroyed the assault with his spells and Golden Core power.
• True Person Tianluo shattered Wei Suo's purple ancient Heavenly Dragon with an azure arrow, revealing an Annihilation Golden Core behind it.
• Wei Suo retreated behind layers of shields as the Annihilation Golden Core exploded near Tianluo, engulfing him in flames and drawing a piercing scream.

Wei Suo nearly killed True Person Tianluo with an Annihilation Golden Core, but True Person Bliss stopped their duel before Wei Suo could finish him. Tianluo conceded and fled in disgrace, while Wei Suo accepted his wager winnings and concealed his frustration at losing the chance to seize Tianluo’s Golden Core.

• Wei Suo’s Annihilation Golden Core badly wounded True Person Tianluo, who survived by relying on his golden defenses.
• True Person Tianluo revealed his natal Golden Core magic treasure and drove it toward Wei Suo as Wei Suo counterattacked.
• True Person Bliss intervened and blasted Tianluo out of the square, then warned that Wei Suo might possess several Annihilation Golden Cores.
• Wei Suo displayed three or four Annihilation Golden Cores, intimidating the gathered Golden Core cultivators and prompting Tianluo to concede and leave with his buttocks exposed.
• Wei Suo regretted that Bliss had prevented him from killing Tianluo and taking his Golden Core, then accepted the Grade True Dao Pill and Yang-boosting Ganoderma from Bliss.

True Person Jade Fox revealed that new Sky Vault rifts had devastated two northern cities and warned that the growing breaches threatened cultivators across Tianxuan Continent. He explained that rifts had also destroyed Teleportation Arrays across twenty-three cities, leaving the reason behind his restriction and his demand for Void Breaking Magic Crystals still to be explained.

• True Person Jade Fox offered ten Azure Flame Marrow Cleansing Pills or a Dao Tier Low-grade magic treasure for each Void Breaking Magic Crystal, prompting the cultivators to question the price.
• True Person Jade Fox revealed the Chaos Sky Lock God Chain restriction on his body, and True Person Bliss recognized it as connected to the North Bright Sect.
• True Person Jade Fox reported that a new Sky Vault rift near Tianyang City had brought a Beast Tide that killed more than two thousand cultivators, including True Person Heavenly Silkworm.
• True Person Jade Fox said another rift opened near Youhan City two hours later, destroying half the city and killing over five thousand cultivators and three Golden Core Stage cultivators.
• True Person Jade Fox told the cultivators that six rifts had opened in the north within ten years and that Teleportation Arrays in twenty-three nearby cities had been destroyed.