Chapter Summaries

Fang Han discovered an ambusher in the wilderness and suspected him to be Fan Yuan of Thunderlight Pavilion. He struck first with a devastating sword attack, injuring Fan Yuan and revealing himself to the old-established Grandmaster.

• Fang Han sensed a concealed Grandmaster near the road and left Fang Yingxue in the carriage while he investigated.
• Fang Han identified the hidden man as likely Fan Yuan and silently approached to within a mile, intending to prevent him from attacking the Fang Clan.
• Fang Han unleashed a full-force sword strike from concealment, sending a hundred-zhang Sword Qi toward Fan Yuan.
• Fan Yuan hastily blocked with his Thunderclap Saber, but the impact drove him backward and cut his left arm.
• Fang Han and Fan Yuan saw each other through the settling dust, beginning their confrontation.

Fang Han fought a masked grandmaster he suspected was Fan Yuan, Thunderlight Pavilion’s Supreme Elder, and proved he could match the veteran despite being below the Grandmaster realm. Fan Yuan’s attacks grew increasingly desperate, and he began trading his own safety for a chance to kill Fang Han.

• Fang Han recognized that the rugged grandmaster might be Fan Yuan in disguise and questioned whether Dark Abyss or Thunderlight Pavilion had sent him.
• Fan Yuan attacked with a lightning-wreathed saber strike, but Fang Han dodged it and countered, injuring Fan Yuan in their clash.
• Fang Han and Fan Yuan exchanged dozens of blows without either gaining an advantage, as their battle devastated the surrounding wilderness.
• Fan Yuan became alarmed by Fang Han’s strength and combat skill, then unleashed a more savage assault that risked his own safety.

Fang Han fought Fan Yuan in a devastating battle, and the two wounded each other repeatedly as they traded blows without dodging. After more than a hundred exchanges, both were badly injured, but Fang Han remained steady and Fan Yuan's wounds were also severe.

• Fang Yingxue waited more than ten li away, heard the battle shaking the wilderness, and realized she could neither help Fang Han nor reach the Azure Profound Sect in time.
• Fang Han recognized that Fan Yuan had adopted a reckless fighting style designed to trade wounds for wounds.
• Fang Han chose to meet Fan Yuan's attacks head-on, and each landed a wound on the other.
• Fang Han and Fan Yuan continued exchanging more than a hundred blows, carving up the surrounding wilderness and accumulating numerous injuries.
• Fang Han remained calm and steady despite more than a dozen wounds, while Fan Yuan bled heavily from sword injuries across his body.

Fang Han forced veteran Grandmaster Fan Yuan to retreat after their battle left Fan Yuan more seriously wounded. Fang Han chose not to pursue him, then reunited with Fang Yingxue and continued their journey after she treated his wounds.

• Fan Yuan realized Fang Han's wounds had barely weakened him and that the fight threatened his own life.
• Fan Yuan unleashed an explosive saber strike, blasted Fang Han backward, and fled.
• Fang Han decided not to pursue Fan Yuan with the Windshock Sword because doing so could expose his spirit weapon and storage ring.
• Fang Han returned to Fang Yingxue, Old Sun, and Old Li, and told them he had fought a veteran Grandmaster.
• Fang Yingxue treated Fang Han's wounds with Golden Wound Medicine, and the group resumed their journey by carriage.

After returning to Liangshui City, Fang Han reunited with his family and celebrated the New Year while concealing the serious wounds he had suffered in his clash with Fan Yuan. He spent the following days cultivating and finally comprehended the intent of the soul, advancing Soul-Chasing Art to the Beginner stage.

• Fang Han recognized his disguised attacker as Fan Yuan of Thunderlight Pavilion and vowed to grow stronger before taking revenge.
• Fang Han and Fang Ying returned to Fang Mansion, where Fang Han reunited with Lin Wan, Fang Zheng, and Fang Ying.
• Fang Han concealed his wounds from his family and attended New Year celebrations with the Fang Clan and his maternal relatives.
• After the holiday visits, Fang Han focused on cultivating despite his lingering injuries.
• Fang Han comprehended the intent of the soul and advanced Soul-Chasing Art to the Beginner stage.

Fang Han improved his secret arts before settling wedding arrangements with his parents and returning to the Azure Profound Sect. He brought Fang Yingxue to You Courtyard, where other disciples learned she was his clan cousin.

• Fang Han extended the Soul-Chasing Art’s perception to twenty li and brought Shadowveil to mastery, making his aura and presence exceptionally difficult to detect.
• Fang Zheng and Lin Wan discussed Fang Han’s wedding plans with him, and he approved the arrangements and the dates for the Yun Clan and Lan Clan weddings.
• Fang Han left Fang Mansion with Fang Yingxue and Redfire and reached the Azure Profound Sect in less than half a day.
• Fang Han escorted Fang Yingxue to her residence in You Courtyard and told her to find him at the True Transmission Courtyard if she needed anything.
• Female disciples asked Fang Yingxue about her connection to Fang Han, and she said he was her clan cousin.

Fang Han filled his Shenque Acupoint, reached the limit of late first rank, and located the qi barrier after following a special circulation route. Before he could begin breaking through it, Chen Tianyuan summoned him and revealed that the sect had discovered a Bodhi Blood Tree.

• Fang Han decided to focus on cultivating Internal Qi and breaking through the qi barrier, then spent half a month filling his Shenque Acupoint with Internal Qi.
• Fang Han followed the Greenwood Poison-Avoidance Scripture's special route until he sensed and clearly located the qi barrier.
• Fang Han rested in the courtyard, then followed a duty disciple to the Sect Master's Hall after the Sect Master summoned him.
• Chen Tianyuan told Fang Han that the sect had discovered a Bodhi Blood Tree, whose Blood Bodhi fruit could raise cultivation without side effects.

Fang Han accepted Chen Tianyuan’s order to protect the Bodhi Blood Tree at Azure Wolf Ridge and hurried there, while Azure Profound Sect forces faced off against Ling Wuyuan and Nether Pavilion. The chapter ended with Shen Moyan and his companions refusing Ling Wuyuan’s demand to withdraw, as Fang Han was still on his way.

• Chen Tianyuan told Fang Han that Nether Pavilion had learned of the Bodhi Blood Tree and ordered him to go to Azure Wolf Ridge; Fang Han agreed and left immediately.
• Fang Han gathered supplies and his sword, told Qui Lan he would be away on business, and rushed toward Azure Wolf Ridge.
• At the hidden valley, Shen Moyan, Lu Songhe, Tang Shuang, and the Azure Profound Sect forces guarded the Bodhi Blood Tree as Nether Pavilion’s forces gathered outside.
• Chen Zhao waited for reinforcements, then Ling Wuyuan arrived and entered the valley, demanding that the Azure Profound Sect withdraw from the tree.
• Shen Moyan refused Ling Wuyuan’s demand, drew his sword, and stood with the elders, stewards, and disciples to defend the Bodhi Blood Tree.

Fang Han arrived at the valley and stopped Ling Wuyuan from taking or destroying the Bodhi Blood Tree, defeating him with one sword strike. Ling Wuyuan retreated, and Fang Han left the tree in Azure Profound Sect hands while asking the Sect Master to decide what to do with it.

• Ling Wuyuan struck Shen Moyan down, and Shen Moyan ordered the Azure Profound Sect members to retreat.
• As Ling Wuyuan reached to dig up the Bodhi Blood Tree, Fang Han arrived at the valley.
• Ling Wuyuan attacked the tree, but Fang Han cut apart his palm imprint and protected it.
• Ling Wuyuan struck again, and Fang Han wounded him with one sword strike, forcing him and the Nether Pavilion members to leave.
• Fang Han chose not to pursue Ling Wuyuan because Li Hanjiang's retaliation could endanger the Azure Profound Sect and the Fang Clan.
• Fang Han checked the Bodhi Blood Tree, asked Shen Moyan about his injuries, and requested that the Sect Master decide what to do with the tree.

Fang Han brought the Bodhi Blood Tree safely back to the Azure Profound Sect with Steward Zhou’s help. Chen Tianyuan rewarded Fang Han and the three disciples who had discovered the tree.

• Steward Zhou inspected the Bodhi Blood Tree and explained how to dig it up and keep it alive during transport.
• Zhou Tong directed the disciples to unearth the tree, and Fang Han led the party back to the Azure Profound Sect over three days.
• Zhou Tong selected a shaded slope on the sect’s rear mountain, where the disciples planted the Bodhi Blood Tree.
• Chen Tianyuan credited Wang Ming, Zhao Yue, and Lin Xiaodie with one great merit and 100,000 contribution points each.
• Chen Tianyuan awarded Fang Han one Blood Bodhi from each of the next three annual harvests.

Fang Han broke through the Qi Pass after fifteen days of cultivation and began planning how to break the Spirit Pass. He traveled to Westview Prefecture to search a secret realm for treasures that could strengthen spiritual power, then encountered someone on the street before entering the realm.

• Fang Han spent fifteen days striking at the Qi Pass until it shattered and his Internal Qi liquefied, increasing its power more than tenfold.
• Fang Han considered tempering his spiritual power with Wind Concept or seeking a spiritual-power treasure in the Westview Prefecture secret realm.
• Fang Han left the Azure Profound Sect with Redfire and told Qui Lan to say he had gone traveling.
• Fang Han tempered his spiritual power with Wind Concept during the ten-day journey to Westview Prefecture.
• Fang Han rented an inn room, rested, and planned to enter the secret realm the next day.
• Fang Han went out to find a restaurant and paused when someone approached him on the main street.

Fang Han discovered that Bai Yan had entered the same secret realm, confirming that his appearance in Westview Prefecture was no coincidence. After entering the realm himself, Fang Han searched for natural treasures and found three Low-Grade Heavenly Treasures, but none could increase his spiritual power.

• Fang Han met Bai Yan in Westview Prefecture, declined his invitation to the Heavenly Origin Sect, and wondered why he had appeared there.
• The next morning, Fang Han rode Redfire to the hidden valley and sensed Bai Yan's recent soul aura there.
• Fang Han found fresh footprints in the passage and concluded that Bai Yan was the mysterious person who shared his treasure map and had visited the secret realm before.
• Fang Han used his treasure map to enter the secret realm and searched the forest with Nether Guide for natural treasures.
• Fang Han collected a Silver Lingzhi, Vermilion Fruit, and a flower that aided comprehension of the Water Intent Domain, but found nothing that increased spiritual power.

Fang Han found a Spirit-Knowing Fruit guarded by a Grandmaster-level Giant Bear and stole it with a surprise attack. He chose to fight the beast for its valuable flesh and blood, and left the battle after killing it.

• Fang Han discovered a Grandmaster-level Giant Bear guarding a Spirit-Knowing Fruit and recognized the fruit as a treasure that could increase spiritual power.
• Fang Han wounded the Giant Bear with a surprise sword strike, plucked the Spirit-Knowing Fruit, and stored it in his storage ring.
• The Giant Bear attacked Fang Han, who blocked its claw and decided to kill it for its body-tempering value.
• Fang Han dodged the Giant Bear’s attacks and wounded it repeatedly with the Great Void Wind God Sword.
• Fang Han severed the Giant Bear’s throat with a final sword strike and killed it.

Fang Han searched a second treasure-map forest for another Spirit-Knowing Fruit, collecting heavenly treasures and ores as the three-day limit approached. He found and harvested a fruit just before time ran out, and golden light began returning him from the secret realm.

• Fang Han returned from his first three-day search with more than twenty low-grade heavenly treasures, a master-level Giant Bear corpse, and 3.5 million gold, but no second mental-power treasure.
• Fang Han used his second treasure map to enter a different forest and raised his possessed wealth to 6 million gold by recharging treasures and ores he did not need.
• Fang Han continued searching as the three-day limit neared, accepting that he might have to strengthen his mental power through intent instead.
• Fang Han sensed a Spirit-Knowing Fruit beside a stream and found a first-rank Giant Crocodile guarding it.
• Fang Han killed the Giant Crocodile, plucked the Spirit-Knowing Fruit, and was enveloped in golden light.

Fang Han consumed two Spirit-Knowing Fruits, doubling his spiritual power and revealing the Spirit Pass, but repeated attempts failed to break through it. After resting in a nearby city, he set out with Redfire for Azure Profound Sect.

• Fang Han erased his traces in the treasure vault, left the valley with Redfire, and found a sheltered cave to rest.
• Fang Han ate the first Spirit-Knowing Fruit, increasing his spiritual power by roughly fifty percent.
• Fang Han ate the second Spirit-Knowing Fruit, bringing his spiritual power to twice its original strength and revealing the Spirit Pass.
• Fang Han repeatedly struck the Spirit Pass with his spiritual power but could not break through, then left the cave with Redfire for a nearby city.
• Fang Han ate and slept at the city, then reunited with Redfire the next morning and headed toward Azure Profound Sect.

Fang Han shattered the Godbreaker Pass and transformed his mental power into liquid, completing the breaking of all three passes. He began trying to fuse essence, qi, and spirit to reach Grandmaster, but the forces repelled each other, leaving him to continue practicing patiently.

• Fang Han returned to the Azure Profound Sect after ten days of striking at the Godbreaker Pass, whose cracks had steadily widened.
• Qui Lan told Fang Han about the promising new Beginner-stage disciples who had entered the sect.
• Fang Han shattered the Godbreaker Pass, transformed his mental power into liquid, and found that his Wind Concept could produce a mental shock more than ten times stronger than before.
• Fang Han recognized that all three passes of essence, qi, and spirit were broken, then rested before attempting to break through to Grandmaster.
• Fang Han tried to fuse his liquid blood and qi, Internal Qi, and mental power, but the forces repelled one another.
• Fang Han continued his attempts day after day, confident that his Root Bone Talent would eventually help him succeed.

After a month of practice, Fang Han fused his essence, qi, and spirit and broke through to the Grandmaster realm. The breakthrough drew the attention of Azure Profound Sect’s leaders, who gathered outside his annex and waited to learn whether he had succeeded.

• Fang Han fused his Internal Qi, blood qi, and spiritual power into a new dark-cyan force, transforming his body and spiritual awareness.
• He resonated with heaven-and-earth essence energy, completed his breakthrough, and recognized that he had become a Grandmaster.
• Qui Lan, the two maidservants, and Redfire were overwhelmed by the pressure radiating from Fang Han’s Quiet Room.
• Gu Changqing sensed the Grandmaster breakthrough aura and hurried toward No. 35 Annex.
• Chen Tianyuan, Chen Wanjun, Shen Moyan, and Jiang Chu arrived outside the annex and waited tensely for Fang Han.

Fang Han emerged from his breakthrough as a Grandmaster, drawing the congratulations of Azure Profound Sect’s leaders and residents. The news spread throughout the sect, and visitors soon crowded his residence to offer their congratulations.

• Fang Han found Qui Lan and two maidservants weakened by the pressure of his breakthrough and helped them recover.
• Fang Han confirmed to Gu Changqing, Chen Tianyuan, Chen Wanjun, Shen Moyan, and Jiang Chu that he had attained the Grandmaster Realm.
• Gu Changqing and the others celebrated Fang Han’s achievement, entered his courtyard, and discussed his breakthrough before departing with words of advice.
• Qui Lan told Fang Han that people had come to congratulate him, and he invited them inside.
• Luo Yuntian, Yun Muyao, other true disciples, deacons, and elders arrived with gifts, and Fang Han received them one by one.

After receiving congratulations on his breakthrough, Fang Han examined the new True Qi in his body and began cultivating with the Grandmaster Chapter of the Greenwood Poison-Avoidance Scripture. He confirmed his strength had reached the Grandmaster Mid-Stage range, then discovered Earth Spirit Pills barely affected his vast True Qi.

• Yun Qianyue helped Fang Han receive congratulatory guests, then walked with him back to Zi Courtyard.
• Fang Han returned to No. 35 Annex and examined how True Qi strengthened his body, damaged stone, and extended his Spiritual Perception.
• Fang Han concluded his combat power had surpassed the Grandmaster Third Level and was comparable to a Grandmaster Mid-Stage expert.
• Fang Han memorized the Grandmaster Chapter’s circulation route and smoothly began circulating True Qi with Earth Spirit Pills.
• Fang Han found that two Earth Spirit Pills were quickly exhausted, and sensed their medicinal power was swallowed by his True Qi with almost no change.

Fang Han discovered that his 512-fold Root Bone Talent let him rapidly absorb heaven-and-earth essence energy, consolidating his Grandmaster cultivation despite the Earth Spirit Pill’s limited effect. Determined to destroy Thunderlight Pavilion over its attacks on him, he asked Chen Tianyuan and Gu Changqing to consider the campaign, and Gu Changqing asked him to demonstrate his full strength.

• Fang Han found that Earth Spirit Pills barely strengthened his Grandmaster True Qi, but he rapidly refined heaven-and-earth essence energy and consolidated his breakthrough during two hours of cultivation.
• Fang Han decided to settle his debt with Thunderlight Pavilion, believing its Supreme Elder Fan Yuan had ambushed him, and resolved to discuss an attack with the Sect Master and Supreme Elder.
• Fang Han met Chen Tianyuan and asked to destroy Thunderlight Pavilion, citing its assassination attempt and Fan Yuan’s ambush.
• Chen Tianyuan took Fang Han to meet Gu Changqing, who asked Fang Han to strike the sky with his full strength so he could judge whether Fang Han could kill Fan Yuan.