Chapter Summaries

Han Rui discussed Wang Xizhi’s painting with Zhang Dehua, while a separate conflict unfolded as a resurrected man confronted his counterpart and abducted a junior sister. The Black-Clothed Man sought a way to reincarnate Lin Hao, then entered Sky Dragon City, where a zombie attack erupted.

• Han Rui told Zhang Dehua that the Shan He Tu was painted by Wang Xizhi and invited him to talk about calligraphy and painting.
• A black figure learned that his counterpart had returned in a zombie body and was preparing to undergo tribulation.
• The black figure demanded help with his unfinished plan, then seized the tall girl after she refused to marry him and flew away with her.
• The Black-Clothed Man visited the sleeping Lin Hao and said he had found a way for him to reincarnate, promising to protect Lin Hao’s family and sect.
• The Black-Clothed Man entered Sky Dragon City, where a zombie began killing civilians and sent the city into panic.

The Red-Clothed Woman defeated the Black-Clothed Man’s attacks and pursued him until Ye Xuanqing intervened, forcing the intruder to flee. Injured and hiding in a mountain cave, the Black-Clothed Man decided he had to leave Heavenly Fox City as soon as possible.

• The young man killed an old woman, then attacked the Red-Clothed Woman and another woman, but the Red-Clothed Woman resisted his blades and fire attacks.
• The Red-Clothed Woman revealed her breakthrough by destroying the Black-Clothed Man’s blades with the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Demon Claw and drove him into flight.
• Ye Xuanqing blocked the Black-Clothed Man near the city gate and struck him down, but the Red-Clothed Woman chose not to pursue the fight further because they were in the Heavenly Wolf Empire.
• That night, the wounded Black-Clothed Man hid in a mountain cave and resolved to leave Heavenly Fox City as soon as possible.

Ye Yun recovered from his injuries in a secluded gorge, then negotiated with Yang Xue Qing as she sought his help escaping the forces surrounding Heavenly Fox Mountain. He went with her toward the Yang Family, leaving their intentions uncertain.

• The Red-Clothed Woman subdued the Black-Clothed Man with soul pressure and learned that the Heavenly Wolf Dynasty controlled the Soul Crystals in Heavenly Wolf Hall.
• After recovering most of his injuries, Ye Yun confronted Yang Xue Qing and learned that her father and brother were among those hunting him.
• Yang Xue Qing proposed that Ye Yun help her delay the Heavenly Wolf Stronghold and Heavenly Wolf Fortress so he could escape Heavenly Fox Mountain.
• Yang Xue Qing attacked Ye Yun, but he resisted and unsettled her by implying that he might still be dangerous despite his injuries.
• Yang Xue Qing decided to take Ye Yun to her father, and the two left the cave for the Yang Family.
• Yang Xue Qing learned Ye Yun's name and questioned how he could have joined the Heavenly Ripple Sect recently.

Ye Yun brought Yang Xue Qing into Sky Eagle Valley’s treasury, damaged the Nether Darkness Pearl, and left her unconscious while he returned to a nearby cave dwelling. Five days later, Yang Xue Qing woke as a third-grade Mystic Master and learned that no one had been seen infiltrating the area.

• Ye Yun told Yang Xue Qing he would help her escape Yang Yue Shan’s control and led her deep into Sky Eagle Valley.
• Ye Yun broke through the formation on the treasury’s Stone Gate and entered with Yang Xue Qing.
• Ye Yun struck the Nether Darkness Pearl, damaging it, then rendered Yang Xue Qing unconscious and vanished.
• Ye Yun returned to a cave dwelling, suspected someone had lured them into the area, and suppressed his near-breakthrough to a third-grade Mystic Master.
• Five days later, Yang Xue Qing awoke as a third-grade Mystic Master, and her maid told her no one had been seen infiltrating the area.

Yang Xue Qing survived Li Wanru’s assassination attempt and hid in South Wind Cliff while recovering from her injuries and worsening poison. When she set out for home with Yang Yurou, Yang Lingtian and Yang Family guards confronted her, and an accusation about her cousin’s parents left her stunned as the guards attacked.

• Li Wanru sealed Yang Xue Qing’s cultivation and tried to kill her, but Yang Xue Qing broke free, took a pill to boost her strength, and killed Li Wanru.
• After half a month in South Wind Cliff, Yang Xue Qing realized her poison was worsening and met Yang Yurou, who warned her about two attacking demonic tigers.
• Yang Xue Qing escaped the valley with Yang Yurou and agreed to go home, but Yang Lingtian and a group of Yang Family riders blocked their way.
• Yang Lingtian accused Yang Xue Qing of killing a Yang Family elder and attacked her, but Yang Xue Qing broke his sword-wielding wrist with her whip.
• Yang Lingtian accused Yang Xue Qing of killing his cousin’s parents, leaving Yang Xue Qing stunned, then ordered the guards to capture her dead or alive.

Yang Xue Qing fought her way through the Yang Family and learned that Yang Yuan Shan intended to force her to marry into the Wang Family. She refused, vowed to protect Yang Hao Yu and avenge her parents, and confronted Yang Yuan Shan as their battle began.

• Yang Xue Qing defeated Yang Lingtian and the Yang Family guards, then entered the manor and mocked Yang Yuan Shan and his allies.
• The next morning, Yang Xue Qing discovered Yang Hao Yu badly injured and promised him she would protect him and deal with his attackers.
• Yang Xue Qing hid Yang Hao Yu, killed two Yang Family disciples who blocked her, and challenged Yang Yuan Shan over his attempt to control her.
• Yang Yuan Shan demanded that Yang Xue Qing marry into the Wang Family and threatened her, while she revealed her powerful allies and refused to yield.
• Yang Xue Qing accused the Wang Family of killing her parents and vowed to protect Yang Hao Yu; when Yang Yuan Shan advanced, she unleashed a gust of wind at him.

Yang Xue Qing killed Yang Yuan Shan after he tried to persuade her to surrender to the Wang Family, then told Yang Hao Yu about the danger facing their family. Meanwhile, Chen Xuanzong and Chen Yaqin arrived near the Yang Family with plans tied to the Wang Family, and Chen Xuanzong led the Yang Family's Second Squad into the Dense Forest.

• Yang Xue Qing killed Yang Yuan Shan with a hidden weapon, urged his sons to cultivate for revenge, and treated the poison Yang Yuan Shan had left in her body.
• Yang Xue Qing told Yang Hao Yu that she had killed Yang Yuan Shan and explained how the Wang Family had forced her into marriage; Yang Hao Yu vowed to avenge their family.
• Chen Xuanzong rescued a group fleeing through the mountains and planned to investigate the Yang Family before arranging to wipe it out with help from his father.
• Chen Yaqin urged Yang Xue Qing to marry Young Master Wang, but Yang Xue Qing refused and sent her away.
• Yang Zhendong led hundreds of village strong men out to hunt, leaving Chen Xuanzong to guard the clan leader; Chen Xuanzong then led the Yang Family's Second Squad into the Dense Forest.

Yang Xue Qing and the Yang Family teams hunted and shared game in the ancestral mountains, then Yang Xuancheng collapsed after drinking soup and was taken for treatment. As Yang Xue Qing and Yang Hao Ran set out to buy supplies, Zhou Hai Tao arrived with an alarming account of how Yang Xuancheng had been injured, and Blacksmith Wang offered them a ride to Yang's General Store.

• Chen Xuanzong and Yang Xuanzong led the group toward a herd of deer, but the deer fled before they could be caught.
• Yang Xuanzong shared the hunting spoils and told Yang Xue Qing that Yang Family Village had little grain left, then everyone ate the gathered food.
• Yang Xuancheng drank the soup meant for Yang Hao Ran and collapsed, so Yang Xue Qing and Yang Hao Ran took him to Physician Liu with Blacksmith Wang's help.
• Yang Xue Qing and Yang Hao Ran decided to go into town to buy medicinal herbs and household supplies.
• Zhou Hai Tao met Yang Xue Qing and said Yang Xuancheng had been slashed by mountain bandits, while Blacksmith Wang offered to take them to Yang's General Store.

Yang Xue Qing tried to secure help for her injured father, Yang Xuancheng, and set out to find Xiao Tengyun. When Xiao Tengyun attacked her at the Xiao Mansion, she revealed unexpected strength and entered the estate.

• Blacksmith Wang gave Yang Hao Ran and Yang Xue Qing a ride to Yang's General Store, where Yang Hao Ran told her to seek money while he tended to Yang Xuancheng.
• An old martial artist stopped Yang Xue Qing, urged her to learn martial arts, and then went to help treat an injured person.
• Zhang Shi gave Yang Xue Qing a clean jacket, and Yang Tie Zhu carried the unconscious Yang Xuancheng inside; Yang Xuancheng later refused treatment to save money.
• Yang Xue Qing asked Li Yi Chen to treat the injured young master surnamed Xiao, then returned home and cared for Yang Xuancheng with food and a warm bed.
• Yang Xue Qing went to Xiao Mansion to find Xiao Tengyun, who accused her father of owing his parents a debt and tried to strike her.
• Yang Xue Qing repelled Xiao Tengyun, prompting him to recognize her as a Martial Warrior, then entered the mansion as he charged at her again.

Yang Xue Qing defeated Xiao Tengyun’s attack and stood up to him before leaving, while Xiao Lingyu remained determined to avenge his sister. Xiao Tengyun and Yang Zhentian discussed a marriage alliance and plans against the royal family, as Xiao Lingyu was summoned to Yang Zixi’s private chamber.

• Yang Xue Qing knocked Xiao Tengyun back, revealed her Body Tempering Ninth Stage Peak strength, and declared that anyone targeting her father would have to step over her corpse.
• Xiao Tengyun attacked Yang Xue Qing, but she vanished before his punch landed, and he fled toward Xiao Mansion.
• Xiao Yao and Xiao Lingyu arrived, and Yang Xue Qing rejected Xiao Lingyu’s thanks before returning to Xiao Family Manor.
• Xiao Lingyu vowed not to forgive anyone who hurt his sister, while Xiao Tengyun warned him about Qin Yang and urged him to abandon revenge.
• Yang Zhentian agreed to send betrothal gifts for Yang Zixi, then discussed recruiting Xiao Lingyu and opposing the royal family with two black-robed retainers.
• Xiao Tengyun summoned advisers and brothers to plan, while Xiao Lingyu was called to Yang Zixi’s private chamber.

Xiao Lingyu rejected Yang Zixi’s proposal while the Yang Family discussed the imperial threat and the Dragon Saliva Fruit Tree. Meanwhile, Xiao Tengyun secretly cultivated, then confronted Carefree Palace attackers and seized their leader’s sword, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Xiao Lingyu told Yang Zixi that he liked her but would not risk leaving the woman he loved, and Yang Zixi left in disappointment.
• Yang Zhentian and the black-clothed old man discussed the need to reach the Ninth Tribulation and the Dragon Saliva Fruit Tree in the imperial palace.
• Xiao Tengyun gave Xiao Lingyu a Blazing Sun Pill, asked his family to care for Yang Xueying, and departed during the night.
• Xiao Tengyun cultivated the Profound Yellow Art to the late stage of the Subtle Realm, then killed thirteen masked attackers who ambushed him.
• More Carefree Palace cultivators confronted Xiao Tengyun, and he disarmed their Gray-Robed Man leader and grabbed his sword hand.

Xiao Lingyu pursued a black-clothed attacker into a cave near Flame Cliff, killed him, and absorbed the Fire Essence there. After leaving the cave, he bound and subdued five Carefree Palace disciples, then encountered Carefree Palace members who praised his strength and revealed that he had killed a mid-stage God King expert.

• Xiao Tengyun crippled the gray-robed man's hand, warned the cultivators to leave, and went underground while Xiao Lingyu secretly followed him.
• Xiao Lingyu fought the gray-robed man and five Carefree Palace disciples in a cave, then defeated a Black-Clothed Man who had attacked him by surprise.
• Xiao Lingyu absorbed the cave's Fire Essence and killed the Black-Clothed Man with the Soul-Reaping Nail, taking his storage artifact.
• Xiao Lingyu bound five Carefree Palace disciples with the formation in his identity token, made them hand over their storage artifacts, and returned them before leaving.
• Carefree Palace disciples praised Xiao Lingyu's strength and said he had killed a mid-stage God King expert.

Xiao Lingyu fought off Carefree Palace disciples and escaped a powerful phantom with Ye Xuan, then learned that Ye Xuan’s parents had died in the conflict with the sect. The two left together and headed toward Eternal City, uncertain whether they could reach it safely.

• Xiao Lingyu arrived in Carefree City, spoke with Liu Xuewu, and studied the red bead at an inn.
• More than a thousand Carefree Palace disciples attacked Xiao Lingyu, but he survived their forbidden-artifact assault and drove them into flight.
• A dying Carefree Palace elder summoned a giant phantom that seized Xiao Lingyu, but Xiao Lingyu used the Chaos Manual to make it vanish.
• Ye Xuan joined Xiao Lingyu and revealed that Carefree Palace disciples had killed his parents after bullying the Ye Family and digging up its ancestral graves.
• Xiao Lingyu and Ye Xuan searched the Ye Family’s mountain home, then left for the area near Eternal City.

Xiao Lingyu confronted the Carefree Sect after learning that its disciple Qin Mingyu had been harmed, and he fought the sect’s headmaster, Qin Mingfeng, without being seriously injured. Qin Mingfeng then led Xiao Lingyu and his companions through a hidden doorway, where he explained his reasons for asking for payment and began discussing Qin Mingyu’s character.

• Xiao Lingyu and Ye Xuan went to Carefree Palace, where Xiao Lingyu defeated its guards and used a soul-searching technique on Qin Mingyu’s fellow disciple to learn about the sect.
• Ye Xuan contacted the Carefree Sect, and Qin Mingfeng arrived; Xiao Lingyu accused him of failing to account for Qin Mingyu’s bullying and cruelty.
• Qin Mingfeng attacked Xiao Lingyu, but Xiao Lingyu endured the blows with the Hongmeng Profound Yellow Cauldron and his powerful body.
• Qin Mingfeng recognized that Xiao Lingyu came from Firmament Star and agreed to take him to find Qin Mingyu, allowing Ye Xi and the others to accompany them.
• Qin Mingfeng opened a hidden doorway with a Carefree Token and told Xiao Lingyu that the Carefree Sect expected sincerity in exchange for help; Xiao Lingyu said he had no spirit pearls or crystal cores.
• Qin Mingfeng described Qin Mingyu as the sect’s most outstanding genius in a million years, while admitting that he was arrogant, reckless, and constantly caused trouble.

Xiao Lingyu and his companions investigated the Carefree Sect’s affair with Ming Yu and traveled to Tianxing Town to secretly recover the seven Spirit Pearl Cores. There, Ming Yu offered a storage ring to a woman threatening his family, but a purple-flamed arrow struck her before she could take it.

• Qin Mingfeng refused to rescue Ming Yu, so Xiao Lingyu led Ye Xi, Zhao Long, and Jiang Lan away from Carefree City to investigate the sect’s affairs.
• The group learned that Ming Yu had been accused of stealing seven Spirit Pearl Cores and a treasured spirit treasure, then traveled to Tianxing Town to intercept the Carefree Sect’s purchases.
• More than three thousand Carefree Sect members arrived in Tianxing Town under Qin Mingfeng’s leadership, and Ming Yu reunited with his parents in a tavern room.
• A woman demanded the family’s valuables and threatened them, while Ming Yu offered his storage ring to protect his parents.
• As the woman reached for the ring, an arrow wreathed in purple flames pierced her throat.

The Sect Master of Carefree Sect killed the Carefree Gate disciples and revealed that Ming Yu had been sacrificed to protect his family and friends. After Ming Yu appeared to die and the Sect Master attacked Qin Mingfeng, another Ming Yu arrived to save his family and left with Qin Lan to confront the Sect Alliance.

• The Sect Master of Carefree Sect killed the Carefree Gate disciples and threatened Qin Mingfeng and the others, explaining that Ming Yu had been killed by one of his elders because of the people he cared about.
• The Sect Master offered to spare them if they accepted his condition, but Qin Mingfeng refused, and Ming Yu crushed a jade token and appeared to take his own life.
• Ming Yu revealed that he did not want to die and blasted Qin Mingfeng away, then transformed into brilliant flames as the Sect Master attacked Qin Mingfeng.
• A new Ming Yu appeared in time to save Qin Mingfeng, reunited with Qin Lan, and apologized to his parents for involving them in the conflict.
• Ming Yu told the Sect Master that he had repaid his debt of gratitude, then left the courtyard with Qin Lan to face him outside as the Sect Master warned that the Sect Alliance would destroy them.

Ming Yu took Qin Lan to Xuan Yang County City to seek help, while the Carefree Sect expelled him and ordered him watched. After he drove off Xuan Yang Sect Disciples who tried to rob him, two more attackers confronted him, and Ming Yu fought back.

• Ming Yu named his new third-grade Essence Artifact the Immortal Slaying Blade, whose Baleful Qi destroyed the mountain as the Carefree Sect Master watched in shock.
• Ming Yu flew with Qin Lan to Xuan Yang County City and used the Sect Master's token, prompting the Carefree Sect leadership to expel him and order him kept inside Xuan Yang Commandery.
• Xuan Yang Sect Disciples confronted Ming Yu and demanded his storage ring, but he sent one flying with Physical Power and made the group flee.
• Ming Yu sensed two hidden men and fought them when their leader ordered them to attack; he withstood their strikes and swept at them with both legs.

Ming Yu confronted Xuan Yang Sect disciples who were trying to capture him, learned that Yang Hao Yu was behind them, and later defeated Yang Hao Yu in a public clash. Zhao Yunlong announced an Inner Sect assessment, and Liu Yixuan arrived with an ominous remark about Ming Yu’s cultivation.

• Ming Yu forced two Xuan Yang Sect disciples to reveal that Yang Hao Yu had ordered them to capture him, then entered the Deep Mountain Range.
• Ming Yu killed two disciples who tried to stop him and secretly fed a medicinal pill to an injured blue-robed young man before leaving the sect’s camp.
• At the academy square, Ming Yu received new clothes from fellow disciples, and Yang Hao Yu arrived with dozens of followers to challenge him.
• Ming Yu fought Yang Hao Yu until Yang Hao Yu was injured and forced to stop when Zhao Yunlong intervened.
• Zhao Yunlong announced an assessment to select disciples for the Inner Sect, and Yang Hao Yu vowed to kill Ming Yu.
• Liu Yixuan arrived and remarked that Ming Yu had reached the True Martial Ninth Stage, then began to say, “What a pity...”

Ming Yu learned about Soul Power Seeds and received a Gathering Qi Pill before entering the Inner Sect assessment, where Yang Hao Yu’s overwhelming victory drew the crowd’s attention. At the plaza, Liu Yan’er killed Ming Yu with one strike, but the chapter then shifted to Ming Yu fighting Liu Yixuan and dominating him.

• Liu Yixuan explained Soul Power Seeds to Ming Yu, identified himself as the seventh-ranked Inner Sect Disciple, and gave Ming Yu a Gathering Qi Pill.
• Two days later, Yang Hao Yu defeated three True Martial Ninth Stage Peak opponents, while Ming Yu passed his own assessment and became an Inner Sect Disciple.
• Liu Yan’er appeared at the plaza, insulted Ming Yu, and killed him with a dagger strike across his throat.
• Liu Yixuan attacked Liu Yan’er in fury, but Yang Hao Yu slapped him away and began fighting him.
• Ming Yu overwhelmed Liu Yixuan in their brutal clash and declared that he would slaughter everyone from the Liu Clan.

Ming Yu defeated and humiliated Liu Yixuan and Liu Yichen at Tianqi Academy, provoking the Liu Clan. After returning home, Liu Yichen asked Liu Changhe to kill Ming Yu, but learned that Ming Yu’s status made that impossible; Liu Yichen instead resolved to take an assessment and grow strong enough to surpass him.

• Ming Yu badly beat Liu Yixuan, then fought Liu Yichen and defeated him despite Liu Yichen challenging him again.
• Ming Yu warned Liu Yichen to stop bullying Fei Er and left the plaza as Liu Yichen vowed revenge.
• Liu Yichen returned home and asked Liu Changhe to kill Ming Yu, but Liu Changhe said Ming Yu’s connection to the Seventh Prince made him untouchable.
• Liu Yichen revealed that he had awakened a Fifth Grade Sword Soul and reached the peak of Swordsman Fourth Level.
• Liu Yichen decided to take the assessment so he could improve his strength and avenge his humiliation.