Chapter Summaries

Fang Han tested his strength at the Azure Profound Sect’s General Ranking Martial Dao Stele and rose from sixth to third. He left the plaza wondering how high he could rank if he used his full strength.

• Fang Han realized that directly cultivating Grandmaster-level techniques made better use of his Talent Amplification than progressing through lower-grade techniques.
• Disciples gathered at the General Ranking Martial Dao Stele and expected Fang Han to challenge his position after his Prodigy Ranking rose to fifty-fifth.
• Fang Han arrived, accepted the disciples’ deference, and prepared to test himself at the stele.
• Fang Han struck the stele with the Cloudsplitter Sword and advanced from sixth place to third on the General Ranking.
• The disciples reacted with shock, and Fang Han sheathed his sword while wondering how high he could rank if he fought at full strength.

After Fang Han rose to third on the General Ranking, Azure Profound Sect reacted with shock as several disciples and leaders reflected on his rapid progress. The chapter ended with Sect Master Chen Tianyuan anticipating how Fang Han’s rise would spur Luo Yuntian.

• Fang Han left the plaza after deciding not to reveal his full strength, and news of his rise to third on the General Ranking spread throughout Azure Profound Sect.
• Su Yuwei learned Fang Han had surpassed her on the Prodigy Ranking and acknowledged his extraordinary talent.
• Chen Wuhen heard Fang Han had reached third on the General Ranking and felt relieved that he had finally been surpassed.
• Mad Butcher learned Fang Han had taken third place from him, smashed a bluestone slab with a punch, and vowed to reclaim the rank.
• Yun Muyao learned Fang Han was now one place below her and felt a new fighting spirit as she anticipated his challenge.
• Chen Tianyuan praised Fang Han’s progress and asked about Luo Yuntian, expecting the new rivalry to motivate him.

Fang Han received increased monthly resources after rising to third on the General Ranking, then learned he had climbed to thirty-sixth on the Prodigy Ranking. The chapter left him and the other top-ranked disciples gathered in the Law Enforcement Hall as Deputy Hall Master Chen Wanjun announced a mission requiring them.

• Steward Zhou Heng credited Fang Han with twenty-seven thousand contribution points and delivered two bottles each of Vajra Pills and Earth Origin Pills.
• Fang Han saw that he had risen from fifty-fifth to thirty-sixth on the Prodigy Ranking, prompting a stir throughout the Azure Profound Sect.
• Mad Butcher acknowledged that Fang Han had surpassed him and vowed to catch up.
• A Law Enforcement Hall disciple summoned Fang Han, who joined seven other top General Ranking disciples in a side hall.
• Deputy Hall Master Chen Wanjun arrived and announced that he had called them together for a mission requiring their participation.

Chen Wanjun told the Azure Profound Sect’s top disciples that they would join the court-ordered demon hunt, and the sect convoy traveled to Prefecture City. After Fang Han explored the city with Yun Qianyue and Li Feng and witnessed tensions between sects, they hurried toward a fight involving a Nether Pavilion prodigy and an Azure Profound Sect disciple.

• Chen Wanjun announced the Demon-Slaying Edict and offered one minor merit to each participant; Fang Han and the other seven top disciples agreed to join the operation.
• The Azure Profound Sect convoy departed at dawn and reached Prefecture City three days later, where its members settled into the sect’s branch courtyard.
• Fang Han met Yun Qianyue and Li Feng, and the three explored the city as passersby recognized Fang Han from the Prodigy Ranking.
• Fang Han, Yun Qianyue, and Li Feng saw Lingyun Sword Sect and Tyrant Blade Sect disciples trade insults before both groups left without fighting.
• The three heard a larger commotion and learned that Yin Huang of Nether Pavilion was fighting an Azure Profound Sect disciple.

Fang Han intervened when Yin Huang bullied Azure Profound Sect disciples, defeated and pinned him, then clashed with Meng Xian when the Nether Pavilion True Disciple demanded his release. The two prepared to fight in earnest before a calm voice stopped them.

• Yin Huang humiliated seven Azure Profound Sect disciples and attacked one who tried to strike him.
• Fang Han blocked Yin Huang's attack, defeated him with one sword strike, and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Meng Xian arrived and demanded that Fang Han release Yin Huang, but Fang Han refused.
• Fang Han and Meng Xian exchanged attacks, and Fang Han blocked Meng Xian's palm strike.
• Fang Han and Meng Xian gathered their strength for a full battle until a calm voice told them to stop.

Yue Lingtian stopped Fang Han and Meng Xian from fighting, and Fang Han led the Azure Profound Sect disciples back to treat their injuries. The next morning, the Seven Sects received the dangerous Cloud Mist Mountain Range as their extermination zone, leaving Fang Han and the others facing the prefecture’s most perilous assignment.

• Yue Lingtian intervened in Fang Han and Meng Xian’s confrontation, and both agreed to end the dispute.
• Fang Han checked on the injured Azure Profound Sect disciples and took them back to the branch courtyard.
• Chen Wanjun led Fang Han and the other top-ten true disciples to the Prefecture Governor’s Mansion for the extermination assignments.
• Fang Han observed the gathered factions and their leading disciples, including You Xin, Wuxiang, Mad Blade, Liu Bai, Hua Jieyu, and Xu Qing.
• Zhou Huaian announced that the Seven Sects would handle the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, the prefecture’s most dangerous area.

Fang Han led his five teammates into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range as part of the Seven Sects’ demon-purging campaign. After entering the forest and fighting off ordinary wild beasts, they found three wolf-shaped demons and prepared to face them.

• Zhou Huaian announced that General Yue would lead three thousand prefectural troops alongside the Seven Sects to purge the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
• Chen Wanjun assigned Fang Han to lead a team and warned the leaders about powerful demons and dangers between rival sects.
• Fang Han gathered Yun Qianyue, Li Feng, Shi Hu, Lin Xiao, and Liu Qing, and the group traveled with the Seven Sects and troops to the mountain range.
• Fang Han led his team into the forest, where Li Feng and Liu Qing killed wild beasts that attacked them.
• Fang Han sensed several demon auras and led his team to a clearing, where they found three wolf-shaped demons feeding on a Reeves's Muntjac.

Fang Han and his team hunted demon creatures in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, then advanced deeper the next day, where stronger beasts appeared. The chapter left Fang Han rushing to support Yun Qianyue as she fought a powerful Ox Demon.

• Li Feng, Yun Qianyue, and Lin Xiao each killed one of three One-Horned Demon Wolves while Fang Han watched.
• Fang Han's team hunted several weaker demon creatures, returned to camp, and heard Chen Wanjun warn that stronger beasts awaited deeper in the mountains.
• The next morning, Fang Han led his team farther into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, where Li Feng fought and killed a powerful Bear Demon.
• Fang Han killed three formidable demon creatures with single sword strikes, then heard a fierce battle nearby and rushed to investigate.
• Fang Han found Yun Qianyue battling an enormous Ox Demon in a forest clearing.

Yun Qianyue killed a Green-Armored Bull Demon after a hard fight, and Fang Han saw her unveiled face before she covered it again. They later found Lin Xiao in mortal danger from a Tiger Demon, which Fang Han killed with one sword strike, leaving Yun Qianyue and Lin Xiao astonished by his strength.

• Yun Qianyue defeated the Green-Armored Bull Demon with a precise sword thrust but nearly exhausted her Internal Qi.
• Yun Qianyue's veil fell, revealing her face to Fang Han, and she hurriedly put it back on after noticing his gaze.
• Fang Han told Yun Qianyue to stay with him while she recovered, and they set off together to search for demons.
• Fang Han and Yun Qianyue heard fighting and found Lin Xiao badly wounded and about to be caught by a Tiger Demon.
• Fang Han killed the Tiger Demon with a single Sword Qi strike, then gave Lin Xiao a Jade Dew Pellet for his injuries.
• Lin Xiao thanked Fang Han for saving his life, while Yun Qianyue recognized how much stronger Fang Han had become.

Fang Han gathered his companions as the demons grew stronger, then joined the Seven Sects and the Prefecture Army at their valley encampment. After the leaders assigned ordinary disciples to rear duties and sent the stronger fighters deeper into the mountains, Fang Han set out alone and found a huge, silver-furred wolf demon with bone spikes along its back.

• Fang Han used the Azure Profound Sect's signal to gather Li Feng, Shi Hu, Liu Qing, and the others, then led the group to fight increasingly powerful demons together.
• Fang Han's team reached the valley gathering, where he exchanged a hostile look with Meng Xian of the Nether Pavilion.
• Chen Wanjun announced that ordinary disciples would stay in the rear while team leaders and mid-grade Prefecture Army martial artists hunted deeper in the mountains.
• Fang Han prepared to act alone, departed at dawn, and sensed a powerful demonic aura while exploring the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
• Fang Han found an enormous dark-silver wolf demon resting on a boulder, its spine lined with white bone spikes.

Fang Han hunted demon beasts in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, killing them with the Cloudsplitter Sword and recharging their corpses into wealth. After a day of hunting, he had raised his stored wealth to 65.02 million silver and headed for the meeting point.

• Fang Han killed a Spine-Spiked Demon Wolf after dodging its attacks and recharged its corpse for 500,000 silver.
• Fang Han killed a Python Demon in two sword strikes and recharged its corpse for 250,000 silver.
• Fang Han hunted and recharged several more demon beasts, steadily increasing his wealth.
• Fang Han concealed himself in a cave, replenished his Internal Qi with True Spirit Pills, and resumed hunting.
• Fang Han killed and recharged a Bear Demon, bringing his wealth to 65.02 million silver, then set off for the meeting point.

Fang Han hunted powerful demonic creatures and found a Golden Flame Sacred Lotus guarded by a giant python. After luring the python away from the pool, he fought it until another powerful presence approached.

• Fang Han killed twelve mid-third-rank demonic creatures, raising his Possessed Wealth to seventy million silver, then restored his Internal Qi with True Spirit Pills.
• Fang Han discovered a Golden Flame Sacred Lotus in a forest pool and recognized it as a rare treasure that could enhance body-tempering talent.
• A giant python ambushed Fang Han from beneath the water, and its scales resisted his ordinary Sword Qi.
• Fang Han lured the python away from the pool to protect the lotus, then fought it for more than a hundred exchanges and wounded it repeatedly.
• Fang Han sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching while he continued battling the python.

Fang Han killed the giant python and claimed the Golden Flame Sacred Lotus, but Meng Xian arrived and demanded the treasure. Their battle escalated, and Meng Xian attacked Fang Han’s throat with a Nether Qi claw as Fang Han remained slightly outmatched.

• Fang Han awakened his hundred-thousand-jin strength, caught the giant python’s tail, and killed it with the Cloudsplitter Sword.
• Fang Han plucked the Golden Flame Sacred Lotus and tucked it into his robes as Meng Xian arrived at the pool.
• Meng Xian demanded the lotus and struck Fang Han with a Nether Palm, but Fang Han blocked the attack with his sword.
• Fang Han unleashed his full strength in a second clash, forcing Meng Xian to recognize his power, though Fang Han remained at a slight disadvantage.
• Meng Xian changed his hand into a claw of Nether Internal Qi and attacked Fang Han’s throat.

Fang Han fought Meng Xian and used his body-tempering art to withstand the stronger man's attacks, turning the battle in his favor with increasingly damaging counterattacks. As the duel continued, Liu Bai, Mad Blade, and Yue Lingtian watched from a nearby ridge, and Mad Blade recognized Fang Han's alarming rate of improvement.

• Fang Han initially struggled against Meng Xian's stronger claw attacks and was forced onto the defensive.
• Meng Xian struck Fang Han in the chest, but Fang Han's silver soft armor and powerful physical defense let him withstand the blow with little injury.
• Fang Han changed tactics, dodging with Windcloud Escape and countering with the Cloudsplitter Sword, while Meng Xian's attacks left only minor wounds on him.
• Fang Han's sword inflicted accumulating injuries on Meng Xian, who grew alarmed that he might not win without paying a heavy price.
• Liu Bai, Mad Blade, and Yue Lingtian watched the duel from a mountain ridge, and Mad Blade felt pressure as he considered how quickly Fang Han was improving.

Fang Han defeated Meng Xian in a fierce battle over the Golden Flame Sacred Lotus, then escaped the mountain after sensing three stronger figures nearby. He returned to the Azure Profound Sect camp, where Yun Qianyue noticed his injuries.

• Fang Han renewed his assault on Meng Xian, whose wounds worsened as he struggled to defend himself.
• Fang Han nearly killed Meng Xian with a sword strike, but Meng Xian escaped after blocking it with his palm seals.
• Fang Han sensed three auras stronger than Meng Xian nearby and fled in the opposite direction.
• Liu Bai and Mad Blade assessed Fang Han's strength, while Yue Lingtian noted that he had concealed his true ability and said he would leave the Prodigy Ranking in three months.
• Fang Han returned to the meeting point at dusk, and Yun Qianyue hurried over and asked whether he was injured.

Yun Qianyue treated Fang Han’s wounds and learned that he had forced Meng Xian to retreat, though Azure Profound Sect disciples dismissed the report as a rumor. Meng Xian returned to Nether Pavilion injured and humiliated, then told You Xin that Fang Han had wounded him.

• Yun Qianyue gave Fang Han Snow Skin Jade Dew Ointment and carefully treated his wounds in his tent.
• Fang Han told Yun Qianyue he had clashed with Meng Xian and that Meng Xian had retreated more badly injured than he was.
• Yun Qianyue realized Fang Han’s strength might match or exceed Meng Xian’s and left him to recover.
• Azure Profound Sect disciples heard that Fang Han had defeated Meng Xian but dismissed the story as unbelievable.
• Meng Xian returned to the gathering point amid whispers about his injuries and silently burned with hatred for Fang Han.
• Meng Xian told You Xin that Fang Han had injured him.

You Xin learned that Fang Han had forced Meng Xian to retreat and resolved to eliminate him as Nether Pavilion’s enmity deepened. Fang Han consumed the Golden Flame Sacred Lotus and greatly improved his body-tempering talent, but Yun Qianyue caught him cultivating while injured and ordered him to rest.

• Meng Xian told You Xin how Fang Han had defeated him and taken the Golden Flame Sacred Lotus, prompting You Xin to recognize Fang Han as a growing threat.
• Yun Qianyue brought Fang Han dinner and warned him not to cultivate while his injuries remained unhealed.
• Fang Han consumed the Golden Flame Sacred Lotus, which permanently enhanced his body-tempering talent and made his cultivation progress dramatically faster.
• Fang Han began cultivating the Black Tortoise True Art, but Yun Qianyue returned, saw him training while injured, and scolded him for risking his health.
• Fang Han stopped cultivating as Yun Qianyue left, reflecting that she was fierce when angry.

Fang Han concealed his aura to evade Nether Pavilion while hunting demonic beasts and raising his wealth to 89.2 million silver. As he headed back after dark, he sensed an overwhelmingly powerful aura lurking nearby.

• Fang Han suppressed his aura with the Return to Ruin Essence Concealment Art and entered the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, anticipating that Nether Pavilion might target him.
• You Xin took Yan Jiu into the mountains to track Fang Han, but Yan Jiu could not detect his concealed aura despite searching for hours.
• Fang Han washed at a stream, then began hunting demonic beasts and killed them with powerful sword strikes, rapidly increasing his wealth.
• Fang Han recharged a Bear Demon's corpse and reached 89.2 million silver, leaving ten million more to activate the next level of Talent Amplification.
• While returning to the rendezvous point at night, Fang Han sensed an aura far stronger than any demonic beast he had encountered that day.

Fang Han witnessed Yue Lingtian kill an upper third-rank tiger demon with one palm, then returned to camp and realized Yue Lingtian had reached peak third rank. A massive demon-beast attack struck the camp during the night, leaving Fang Han, Yun Qianyue, and Li Feng facing the breach.

• Fang Han watched Yue Lingtian slay an upper third-rank tiger demon with a single palm and was discovered hiding nearby.
• Yue Lingtian departed, and Fang Han stored the tiger demon's corpse in his System Panel, gaining two million silver.
• Fang Han returned to camp, where Yun Qianyue welcomed him and brought him dinner.
• Fang Han cultivated in his tent and concluded that Yue Lingtian had reached peak third rank.
• A vast swarm of demon beasts attacked the camp, overwhelmed the night watch, and broke through the defenses.
• Yun Qianyue and Li Feng joined Fang Han as demon beasts flooded the camp.

Fang Han and the Seven Sects fought off a massive demonic-creature assault as powerful beasts overwhelmed the camp. Eight First Grade-level creatures engaged the sect and military leaders, while Fang Han fought through the horde and spotted Yun Qianyue under attack.

• Fang Han warned Yun Qianyue and Li Feng to stay close, then joined them in fighting the creatures invading the camp.
• Wuxiang, Mad Blade, Liu Bai, Xu Qing, Hua Jieyu, and You Xin revealed their formidable strength as they fought the demonic horde.
• Upper-grade demonic creatures surged from the forest, forcing the Seven Sects' elders and military experts to join the battle.
• Eight terrifying demonic creatures arrived, and Chen Wanjun, the sect leaders, and Yue Zhan charged to face them.
• Fang Han cut down wave after wave of demonic creatures, then saw Yun Qianyue besieged by two attackers.